scrawl

scrawl

S0166500 (skrôl)v. scrawled, scrawl·ing, scrawls v.tr. To write hastily or sloppily.v.intr. To write something in a hasty or sloppy manner.n.1. Sloppy, often illegible handwriting.2. Something, such as a note, written hastily or sloppily.

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[Perhaps from obsolete scrawl, to gesticulate, sprawl, from Middle English scrawlen, probably blend of sprawlen, to sprawl; see sprawl and craulen, to crawl; see crawl¹.]

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scrawl′er n.scrawl′y adj.

scrawl

(skrɔːl) vbto write or draw (signs, words, etc) carelessly or hastily; scribblencareless or scribbled writing, drawing, or marks[C17: perhaps a blend of sprawl and crawl¹] ˈscrawler n ˈscrawly adj

scrawl

(skrɔl)

v.t. 1. to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner. v.i. 2. to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly. n. 3. awkward, careless, or illegible handwriting. 4. something scrawled. [1605–15; orig. uncertain] scrawl′er, n. scrawl′y, adj.

scrawl

Past participle: scrawled
Gerund: scrawling

Imperative
scrawl
scrawl

Present
I scrawl
you scrawl
he/she/it scrawls
we scrawl
you scrawl
they scrawl

Preterite
I scrawled
you scrawled
he/she/it scrawled
we scrawled
you scrawled
they scrawled

Present Continuous
I am scrawling
you are scrawling
he/she/it is scrawling
we are scrawling
you are scrawling
they are scrawling

Present Perfect
I have scrawled
you have scrawled
he/she/it has scrawled
we have scrawled
you have scrawled
they have scrawled

Past Continuous
I was scrawling
you were scrawling
he/she/it was scrawling
we were scrawling
you were scrawling
they were scrawling

Past Perfect
I had scrawled
you had scrawled
he/she/it had scrawled
we had scrawled
you had scrawled
they had scrawled

Future
I will scrawl
you will scrawl
he/she/it will scrawl
we will scrawl
you will scrawl
they will scrawl

Future Perfect
I will have scrawled
you will have scrawled
he/she/it will have scrawled
we will have scrawled
you will have scrawled
they will have scrawled

Future Continuous
I will be scrawling
you will be scrawling
he/she/it will be scrawling
we will be scrawling
you will be scrawling
they will be scrawling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scrawling
you have been scrawling
he/she/it has been scrawling
we have been scrawling
you have been scrawling
they have been scrawling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scrawling
you will have been scrawling
he/she/it will have been scrawling
we will have been scrawling
you will have been scrawling
they will have been scrawling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scrawling
you had been scrawling
he/she/it had been scrawling
we had been scrawling
you had been scrawling
they had been scrawling

Conditional
I would scrawl
you would scrawl
he/she/it would scrawl
we would scrawl
you would scrawl
they would scrawl

Past Conditional
I would have scrawled
you would have scrawled
he/she/it would have scrawled
we would have scrawled
you would have scrawled
they would have scrawled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scrawl - poor handwriting cacography, scribble, scratchhandwriting, script, hand - something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"chicken scratch - cramped or illegible handwritingsquiggle - an illegible scrawl; "his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle"
Verb	1.	scrawl - write carelesslyscribblewrite - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"

scrawl

verb1. scribble, doodle, squiggle graffiti scrawled on school wallsnoun1. scribble, doodle, squiggle a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl

Translations

潦草地写潦草的笔迹

scrawl

(skroːl) verb to write untidily or hastily. I scrawled a hasty note to her. 潦草或草率地寫 潦草地写 noun untidy or bad handwriting. I hope you can read this scrawl. 潦草的筆跡 潦草的笔迹