scrawl
verb [T] /skrɔːl/
/skrɑːl/ Definition
› to write something quickly, without trying to make your writing tidy or easy to read: I scrawled a quick note to Judith and put it under her door. Someone had scrawled graffiti across the wall.Writing and typing
(Definition of scrawl verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- borrow verb (RECEIVE)
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- compose verb (PRODUCE ART)
- document verb
- ghostwrite verb
- jot sth down phrasal verb
- key sth in phrasal verb
- record verb (STORE INFORMATION)
- speller noun
- take sth down phrasal verb (WRITE)
- touch-type verb
- transcribe verb (RECORD)
- transcription noun
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- typing noun
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- writer's block noun
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