scribbling


scrib·ble

S0170000 (skrĭb′əl)v. scrib·bled, scrib·bling, scrib·bles v.tr.1. To write (a note, for example) hurriedly without heed to legibility or style.2. To draw (a picture) hurriedly or carelessly.v.intr.1. To write in a hurried careless way.2. To make meaningless marks, as with a pen or pencil.n.1. Careless hurried writing.2. Meaningless marks and lines.
[Middle English scriblen, probably from scriben, to write, from Latin scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
scrib′bly adj.

scribbling

(ˈskrɪblɪŋ) n1. a piece of writing or a drawing done in a hasty or illegible manner2. censorious jocular a piece of creative writing
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