SCRAWL


Meaning of SCRAWL in English

v. & n.

v. 1 tr. & intr. write in a hurried untidy way. 2 tr. (foll. by out) cross out by scrawling over.

n. 1 a piece of hurried writing. 2 a scrawled note. scrawly adj.

[ perh. f. obs. scrawl sprawl, alt. of CRAWL ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.