scribble

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: scratchscrawlcacographyscrabbledoodle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. poor handwritingSynonyms: scratchscrawlcacography
  2. an aimless drawingSynonyms: scrabbledoodle

Verb (2)

  1. write down quickly without much attention to detailSynonyms: scrabble
  2. write carelesslySynonyms: scrawl
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. i. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. [1913 Webster]

If Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. [1913 Webster]
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling (-bl[i^]ng).] [From Scribe.]

1.To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter. [1913 Webster]

2.To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing. [1913 Webster]

Scribble \Scrib"ble\, n. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]

Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

scribble

To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more violent and final. [Jargon File]

The Jargon File

scribble n.

To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. “Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table.” “It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core.” Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more violent and final.

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