scribble

US: /ˈskɹɪbəɫ/
UK: /skɹˈɪbə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


scribble /'skribl/
  • danh từ
    • chữ viết nguệch ngoạc, chữ viết cẩu thả, bức thư viết nguệch ngoạc, mảnh giấy ghi vội vàng
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tác phẩm văm học viết xoàng; bài báo xoàng
    • động từ
      • viết chữ nguệch ngoạc, viết cẩu thả, viết vội vàng
      • viết xoàng (văn, báo...)
      • ngoại động từ
        • (nghành dệt) chải (len, bông)

      Advanced English dictionary


      verb, noun
      + verb
      1 ~ (sth) (down) to write sth quickly and carelessly, especially because you do not have much time
      Synonym: SCRAWL
      [VN] He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. + There was a scribbled message on the back of the ticket. + She scribbled down her phone number and pushed it into his hand. + [V] Throughout the interview the journalists scribbled away furiously.
      2 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to draw marks that do not mean anything: Someone had scribbled all over the table in crayon.
      + noun
      1 [U, sing.] careless and untidy writing
      Synonym: SCRAWL
      How do you expect me to read this scribble?
      2 [C, usually pl.] marks or pictures that seem to have no meaning
      Synonym: SCRAWL
      The page was covered with a mass of scribbles.

      Collocation dictionary


      ADV.

      furiously
      The students were all scribbling away furiously.
      | away, down


      Concise English dictionary


      scribbles|scribbled|scribbling'skrɪbl
      noun
      +poor handwriting
      +an aimless drawing
      verb
      +write down quickly without much attention to detail
      +write carelessly