scrawl
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
Đồng nghĩa: chicken scratch
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)Writing that lacks literary merit.
- 4.
(countable, uncommon)A broken branch of a tree.
- 5.
(countable, uncommon, uncountable)The young of the dog-crab.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To write something hastily or illegibly.
She scrawled the main points onto her notepad.
- 2.
(intransitive)To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
- 3.
(intransitive)To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
- 4.
To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily.
we will scrape and scrawl, and catch and pull to us all that we may get
When I saw him scrawlen on the plain, My heart aw flacker'd for't, I was sae fain.
T'poor pig what had just scrawled through t'bottom o' t'cart,
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Possibly from Middle English scraulen (to spread out one's limbs; sprawl), itself an alteration of spraulen (to sprawl) or craulen, crawlen (to crawl).