scribble1
v.
- write or draw carelessly or hurriedly.
- informal write for a living or as a hobby.
n.
a piece of writing or a picture produced carelessly or hurriedly.
Derivative
- scribbler n.
- scribbly adj.
Etymology
ME: from med. L. scribillare, dimin. of L. scribere ‘write’.
scribble2
v.
[
often as noun scribbling]
card (wool, cotton, etc.) coarsely.
Etymology
C17: prob. from Low Ger.; cf. Ger. schrubbeln (in the same sense), from Low Ger. schrubben ‘to scrub’.