/skrawl/ , v.t.
1. to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
v.i.
2. to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly.
n.
3. awkward, careless, or illegible handwriting.
4. something scrawled, as a letter or a note.
[ 1605-15; perh. to be identified with late ME scraule to sprawl, crawl (b. SPRAWL and CRAWL) ]