different between scribble vs scriggle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk??b?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English scribblen, scriblen, scryblen, scribelen, equivalent to scribe +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)

1. To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
2. To doodle

Synonyms

• scrawl

Derived terms

• scribbler
• scribbleress

Related terms

• scribe

Translations

Noun

scribble (countable and uncountable, plural scribbles)

1. Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Swedish skrubbla?”)

Verb

scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.

Further reading

• scribble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• scribble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• cribbles

English

Verb

scriggle (third-person singular simple present scriggles, present participle scriggling, simple past and past participle scriggled)

1. (Britain, dialect) to squirm, wriggle or squiggle
2. (rare) to scribble, jot

Noun

scriggle (plural scriggles)

1. (Britain, dialect) A wriggling motion.

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