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- [skrawl]
- /skrɔl/
- /skrɔːl/
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- [skrawl]
- /skrɔl/
Definitions of scrawl word
- verb with object scrawl to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard. 1
- verb without object scrawl to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly. 1
- noun scrawl awkward, careless, or illegible handwriting. 1
- noun scrawl something scrawled, as a letter or a note. 1
- intransitive verb scrawl scribble, write carelessly 1
- noun scrawl handwriting 1
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Origin of scrawl
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; perhaps to be identified with late Middle English scraule to sprawl, crawl (blend of sprawl and crawl1)
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Parts of speech for Scrawl
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preposition
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exclamation
scrawl popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
scrawl usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scrawl
verb scrawl
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
noun scrawl
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
- bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
- chicken scratch — Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products.
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