Scrawl
verb
To write or draw something in a way that is hard to read or messy.
She scrawled a quick note and left it on the table.
Often appears as...
- scrawl a note
- scrawl a name
noun
Hard to read writing or a messy drawing.
Her handwriting is a scrawl that no one can make out.
Often appears as...
- unintelligible scrawl
- quick scrawl
verb
To write or draw something in a way that is hard to read or messy.
She scrawled a quick note and left it on the table.
Often appears as...
- scrawl a note
- scrawl a name
noun
Hard to read writing or a messy drawing.
Her handwriting is a scrawl that no one can make out.
Often appears as...
- unintelligible scrawl
- quick scrawl
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Hasty Writing
Used to describe writing done quickly, often carelessly, without focusing on neatness.
I scrawled my homework answers on the bus.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Often conveys strong emotions like anger or desperation when someone writes swiftly.
He scrawled 'HELP ME' on the wall.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Use
Considered casual and too informal for professional or official documents.
Please don't scrawl on the business report.
Pro Tip 1/3Hasty Writing
Used to describe writing done quickly, often carelessly, without focusing on neatness.
I scrawled my homework answers on the bus.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Often conveys strong emotions like anger or desperation when someone writes swiftly.
He scrawled 'HELP ME' on the wall.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Use
Considered casual and too informal for professional or official documents.
Please don't scrawl on the business report.
Pro Tip 1/3Hasty Writing
Used to describe writing done quickly, often carelessly, without focusing on neatness.
I scrawled my homework answers on the bus.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Often conveys strong emotions like anger or desperation when someone writes swiftly.
He scrawled 'HELP ME' on the wall.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Use
Considered casual and too informal for professional or official documents.
Please don't scrawl on the business report.
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Why nations should...
stripped a vehicle of its windshield wipers, its hubcaps, its sideview mirrors, any moving part they could find, at 8:30, because the watchmen were busy watching the T.V. rather than minding the store. And they scrawled on the windshield in a reference to the show's heroine,
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The biggest mistakes in...
that has since become Here be dragons. Though the words themselves were actually quite rare, the sentiment was common among medieval European mapmakers, who often scrawled dragons and sea monsters over terra incognita— blank spots on the map.
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Ancient Mesopotamia 101...
embodied by the seven observable planets in the sky. But perhaps the most impactful innovation to come out of Mesopotamia is literacy. What began as simple pictures scrawled onto wet clay to keep track of goods and wealth
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The impact of Simón...
only now are we beginning to see the results of bolivars vision and maybe that's why he's still such a living presence in the region why his name is still scrawled on walls his
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Why nations should...
stripped a vehicle of its windshield wipers, its hubcaps, its sideview mirrors, any moving part they could find, at 8:30, because the watchmen were busy watching the T.V. rather than minding the store. And they scrawled on the windshield in a reference to the show's heroine,
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The biggest mistakes in...
that has since become Here be dragons. Though the words themselves were actually quite rare, the sentiment was common among medieval European mapmakers, who often scrawled dragons and sea monsters over terra incognita— blank spots on the map.
Video examples
Ancient Mesopotamia 101...
embodied by the seven observable planets in the sky. But perhaps the most impactful innovation to come out of Mesopotamia is literacy. What began as simple pictures scrawled onto wet clay to keep track of goods and wealth
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The impact of Simón...
only now are we beginning to see the results of bolivars vision and maybe that's why he's still such a living presence in the region why his name is still scrawled on walls his
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Quote examples
Lance Loud
American Actor
Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive to their feelings. Upon hearing me utter those words almost twenty years ago, my own mother did what and self-respecting middle-class mom would do: went directly into a seizure.
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Dennis Christopher
American Actor
A script arrived, and on the front cover - scrawled really big, as if it were a book report - is 'Django Unchained, written by Quentin Tarantino.' And I thought, 'Well, no art department came up with this; this is Quentin's writing.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I write stuff down. I have a chalkboard in the kitchen where I will scrawl stuff down if I have a faint outline of an idea. And I'll go into my office or whatever. But that goes from format to format.
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Joe Garagiola
American Athlete
I always loved the signs on the outfield walls, and I'll never forget the one in Philadelphia. It said, 'The Phillies use Lifebuoy soap,' and underneath was scrawled, 'And they still stink.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
If you think scrawling your Twitter handle on a bus window with a Sharpie is a worthwhile way to gain followers, your social media strategy is headed in a pretty pathetic direction.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
It was in Dara'a that Syria's non-violent democratic movement had begun in 2011, with schoolboys scrawling on a wall: 'The people want to topple the regime.
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Karla Crome
English Actress
With TV, you film something and have to wait six months to scrawl through Twitter to see what people think.
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Harold Stephen Black
American Inventor
The answer scrawled on a blank page in a daily newspaper, was conceived whilst aboard a ferry.
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Lance Loud
American Actor
Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive to their feelings. Upon hearing me utter those words almost twenty years ago, my own mother did what and self-respecting middle-class mom would do: went directly into a seizure.
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Dennis Christopher
American Actor
A script arrived, and on the front cover - scrawled really big, as if it were a book report - is 'Django Unchained, written by Quentin Tarantino.' And I thought, 'Well, no art department came up with this; this is Quentin's writing.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I write stuff down. I have a chalkboard in the kitchen where I will scrawl stuff down if I have a faint outline of an idea. And I'll go into my office or whatever. But that goes from format to format.
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Joe Garagiola
American Athlete
I always loved the signs on the outfield walls, and I'll never forget the one in Philadelphia. It said, 'The Phillies use Lifebuoy soap,' and underneath was scrawled, 'And they still stink.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
If you think scrawling your Twitter handle on a bus window with a Sharpie is a worthwhile way to gain followers, your social media strategy is headed in a pretty pathetic direction.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
It was in Dara'a that Syria's non-violent democratic movement had begun in 2011, with schoolboys scrawling on a wall: 'The people want to topple the regime.
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Karla Crome
English Actress
With TV, you film something and have to wait six months to scrawl through Twitter to see what people think.
Quote examples
Harold Stephen Black
American Inventor
The answer scrawled on a blank page in a daily newspaper, was conceived whilst aboard a ferry.
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