SCRAWL


Meaning of SCRAWL in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ something, you write it in a careless and untidy way.

He ~ed a hasty note to his wife...

Someone had ~ed ‘Scum’ on his car.

...racist graffiti ~ed on school walls.

VERB: V n prep, V with quote, V-ed

2.

You can refer to writing that looks careless and untidy as a ~.

The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable ~.

N-VAR

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