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scrawl

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1. scrawl - Noun

2. scrawl - Verb

Meaning

See Crawl.

To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.

To write unskillfully and inelegantly.

Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow. Margaret Atwood

The scrawl in the guest book, like most of the signatures in the New Phoenix guest book, was illegible and fictitious. Source: Internet

With a red felt-tip pen, Osborn began to scrawl a Saint Andrew's cross circumscribed inside a chalice on his placemat. Source: Internet

Most people don't know what the statue "Prizemljeno Sunce" (The Grounded Sun) is for, and just scrawl graffiti or signatures on it, but it's actually the Sun scaled down, with many planets situated all over Zagreb in scale with the Sun. Source: Internet

This type of graffiti can seem crude; for example fascist supporters often scrawl swastikas and other Nazi images. Source: Internet

It was finally cool to be a nerd and the iconic John Williams soundtrack and title scrawl are instantly recognizable. Source: Internet

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