I. ˈskrȯl verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: perhaps by alteration
archaic : crawl I
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: origin unknown
transitive verb
1. : to write or draw awkwardly and irregularly : write hastily and carelessly : scribble
scrawl a brief note
painfully scrawled his name
2. : to mark or write on with irregular or hasty characters
papers … scrawled with hieroglyphics — George Borrow
intransitive verb
: to write awkwardly or carelessly
III. noun
( -s )
1. : careless, hasty, or irregular writing
eventually deciphered the scrawl — Francis King
2. : sprawl
saw the bright cabins and the scrawl of a hidden stream — Bryan MacMahon