Scribble
verb
To write or draw something quickly or carelessly.
She scribbled a note to her teacher explaining her absence.
Often appears as...
- scribble a note
- scribble a message
noun
A piece of writing or drawing that is done quickly or carelessly.
She passed him a piece of paper covered in scribbles.
Often appears as...
- a bunch of scribbles
- doodles and scribbles
verb
To write or draw something quickly or carelessly.
She scribbled a note to her teacher explaining her absence.
Often appears as...
- scribble a note
- scribble a message
noun
A piece of writing or drawing that is done quickly or carelessly.
She passed him a piece of paper covered in scribbles.
Often appears as...
- a bunch of scribbles
- doodles and scribbles
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Speed Implied
Scribble suggests writing is done quickly, often leading to messy or hard-to-read handwriting.
I only had time to scribble my address on the package before the courier left.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Communication
Use 'scribble' in contexts where the writing isn’t for a formal presentation or publication.
He scribbled his phone number on a napkin for her.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Writing
Scribble involves writing that's spontaneous and possibly without much thought, typically not planned.
During the meeting, I scribbled down some ideas for the project.
Pro Tip 1/3Speed Implied
Scribble suggests writing is done quickly, often leading to messy or hard-to-read handwriting.
I only had time to scribble my address on the package before the courier left.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Communication
Use 'scribble' in contexts where the writing isn’t for a formal presentation or publication.
He scribbled his phone number on a napkin for her.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Writing
Scribble involves writing that's spontaneous and possibly without much thought, typically not planned.
During the meeting, I scribbled down some ideas for the project.
Pro Tip 1/3Speed Implied
Scribble suggests writing is done quickly, often leading to messy or hard-to-read handwriting.
I only had time to scribble my address on the package before the courier left.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Communication
Use 'scribble' in contexts where the writing isn’t for a formal presentation or publication.
He scribbled his phone number on a napkin for her.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Writing
Scribble involves writing that's spontaneous and possibly without much thought, typically not planned.
During the meeting, I scribbled down some ideas for the project.
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
wildlife in the interior denominators eart and most of the time you have to be content with deciphering tracks like these of a cape fox making its way up a dune or the slithers of a snake winding its way through the sand most of the desert small creatures may scribble tracks on the sand surface at night but
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The chaotic brilliance...
and listening to the music his father played at home. He drew inspiration from unexpected places, scribbling his own versions of cartoons, comic books and biblical scenes on scrap paper from his father’s office. But it was a medical encyclopedia that arguably exerted the most powerful influence on Basquiat.
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What if AI learned more...
people out there who are willing to lend me a helping hand so that's some where I walked into open AI with a mission let's figure out how to put the intelligence into AI well I did a lot of thinking at my desk on but the next step in AI could be I did a lot of scribbling on paper and debating over
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Embrace the Shake PIPE Phil...
So I did. I went home, I grabbed a pencil, and I just started letting my hand shake and shake. I was making all these scribble pictures. And even though it wasn't the kind of art that I was ultimately passionate about, it felt great. And more importantly, once I embraced the shake,
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Is graffiti art? Or...
And, it turns out, it's nothing new. Graffiti, or the act of writing or scribbling on public property, has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate Is it art? Is it vandalism?
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Cheetah Goes to the...
this is scribbled he's 10 which is very old for a cheetah they normally live to about 8 he's brought some pretty yucky teeth in there and just trying to see if we can help those teeth out to seem to have some sort of trophy on the top jaw
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How to write like the...
She closely observed the people around her, and constantly scribbled down details from overheard conversations. She would then rearrange these details to piece her mysteries together, often switching who the murderer was as she worked.
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What is abstract...
to reveal truths hidden within their minds. Occasionally, instead of picturing something and then drawing it, they let their hands move automatically and would later tease out familiar figures that appeared in the scribbles.
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Chip Kidd: The art of...
and out of frustration just scribble this across the front. Design done. And they went for it! Author liked it, publisher liked it, and that is how the book went out into the world,
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How we can eat our...
producers not just veg but meat and cheese and beer and whatever else it might be but then we're just a community group you know we'll just throw volunteers what could we actually do so we did some really simple things we fundraise we got some black boards we put incredible edible on the top we gave it to every market trader that was selling locally and it scribbled on what
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
wildlife in the interior denominators eart and most of the time you have to be content with deciphering tracks like these of a cape fox making its way up a dune or the slithers of a snake winding its way through the sand most of the desert small creatures may scribble tracks on the sand surface at night but
Video examples
The chaotic brilliance...
and listening to the music his father played at home. He drew inspiration from unexpected places, scribbling his own versions of cartoons, comic books and biblical scenes on scrap paper from his father’s office. But it was a medical encyclopedia that arguably exerted the most powerful influence on Basquiat.
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What if AI learned more...
people out there who are willing to lend me a helping hand so that's some where I walked into open AI with a mission let's figure out how to put the intelligence into AI well I did a lot of thinking at my desk on but the next step in AI could be I did a lot of scribbling on paper and debating over
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Embrace the Shake PIPE Phil...
So I did. I went home, I grabbed a pencil, and I just started letting my hand shake and shake. I was making all these scribble pictures. And even though it wasn't the kind of art that I was ultimately passionate about, it felt great. And more importantly, once I embraced the shake,
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
And, it turns out, it's nothing new. Graffiti, or the act of writing or scribbling on public property, has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate Is it art? Is it vandalism?
Video examples
Cheetah Goes to the...
this is scribbled he's 10 which is very old for a cheetah they normally live to about 8 he's brought some pretty yucky teeth in there and just trying to see if we can help those teeth out to seem to have some sort of trophy on the top jaw
Video examples
How to write like the...
She closely observed the people around her, and constantly scribbled down details from overheard conversations. She would then rearrange these details to piece her mysteries together, often switching who the murderer was as she worked.
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What is abstract...
to reveal truths hidden within their minds. Occasionally, instead of picturing something and then drawing it, they let their hands move automatically and would later tease out familiar figures that appeared in the scribbles.
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Chip Kidd: The art of...
and out of frustration just scribble this across the front. Design done. And they went for it! Author liked it, publisher liked it, and that is how the book went out into the world,
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Hoda Kotb
American Journalist
From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.
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Katie Piper
English Writer
Before I was attacked, I would write about the future - just goals, lists and plans. I'd scribble without depth or substance about the things I wanted to do with my life, whether short or long-term, and how I thought my future would be: a successful career in TV and modelling, marriage, a family.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's not the only image that a composer should bring up, you know. But that's kind of what we've said it is.
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Kameron Hurley
American Writer
As an introverted kid who lived in the middle of nowhere, my stories made up the whole of my social life. That meant that while other kids cultivated hobbies like skateboarding or playing the piano, I sat at home scribbling in notebooks.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.
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C. S. Lewis
British Writer
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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Peter Capaldi
Scottish Actor
When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
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Henri Rousseau
French Artist
Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.
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Natascha McElhone
English Actress
Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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Hoda Kotb
American Journalist
From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.
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Katie Piper
English Writer
Before I was attacked, I would write about the future - just goals, lists and plans. I'd scribble without depth or substance about the things I wanted to do with my life, whether short or long-term, and how I thought my future would be: a successful career in TV and modelling, marriage, a family.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's not the only image that a composer should bring up, you know. But that's kind of what we've said it is.
Quote examples
Kameron Hurley
American Writer
As an introverted kid who lived in the middle of nowhere, my stories made up the whole of my social life. That meant that while other kids cultivated hobbies like skateboarding or playing the piano, I sat at home scribbling in notebooks.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.
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C. S. Lewis
British Writer
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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Peter Capaldi
Scottish Actor
When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
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Henri Rousseau
French Artist
Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.
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Natascha McElhone
English Actress
Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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