scrawl
81scribble — 1. verb he scribbled a few lines on a piece of paper Syn: scrawl, write hurriedly, write untidily, scratch, dash off, jot (down); doodle 2. noun a page of scribble Syn: scrawl, squiggle(s), jottings; doodle, doodlings …
82scratch — v 1. abrade, skin, bark, scrape, graze; scarify, gash, incise, score, slit; lacerate, cut, claw; mark, scuff. 2. rub, chafe, file; poke at, dig, tear at. 3. rasp, grate, gride, grit, stridulate, screak. 4. erase, rub out, cross out, x out, strike …
83scribble — v 1. scratch, scrawl, scrabble; doodle, jot. n 2. scrabble, scratch, scrawl, scribbling, illegible writing; poor handwriting, cacography, clumsy hand; hen tracks, hen scratches, chicken scratch, pothooks …
84scribble — 1. verb he scribbled a note Syn: scrawl, scratch, dash off, jot (down), doodle, sketch 2. noun I can t read this scribble Syn: scrawl, squiggle(s), jottings, doodle, doodlings …
85squiggle — [skwig′əl] n. [ SQU(IRM) + (W)IGGLE] 1. a short curved or wavy line; curlicue 2. an illegible or meaningless scribble or scrawl vt. squiggled, squiggling 1. to form into squiggles 2. to write as …
86Scrab|ble — «SKRAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to scratch or scrape about, as with hands or claws; scramble: »to scrabble up a sandbank. She scrabbled among the papers (H. G. Wells). 2. to struggle or scramble feverishly or desperately: »to… …
87scrab|ble — «SKRAB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.i. 1. to scratch or scrape about, as with hands or claws; scramble: »to scrabble up a sandbank. She scrabbled among the papers (H. G. Wells). 2. to struggle or scramble feverishly or desperately: »to… …
88scr- — 1. While as a general rule an initial sc or sk in a mod.Eng. word indicates that the word is not of OE. origin (OE. sc being normally represented, in dialects as well as in standard English, by sh ), it is doubtful whether the rule applies to the …
89Bescrawl — Be*scrawl , v. t. To cover with scrawls; to scribble over. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
90Hieroglyphic — Hi er*o*glyph ic, Hieroglyphical Hi er*o*glyph ic*al, a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. ?; iero s sacred + gly fein to carve: cf. F. hi[ e]roglyphique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as,… …
