vi ·see crawl.
2. scrawl ·vi to write unskillfully and inelegantly.
3. scrawl ·noun unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
4. scrawl ·vt to draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.