scrawl
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrawl in British English:
UK [skrɔ:l]
How to pronounce scrawl in American English:
US [skrɔl]
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- Noun:
- poor handwriting
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- Verb:
- write carelessly
Word Origin
- scrawl (v.)
- 1610s, "write or draw untidily," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English scrawlen "spread out the limbs, sprawl" (early 15c.), which possibly is an alteration of sprawlen (see sprawl (v.)) or crawl (v.). Related: Scrawled; scrawling. The noun is recorded from 1690s, from the verb. Meaning "bad handwriting" is from 1710.
Example
- 1. I could barely make out her scrawl .
- 2. I hope you can decipher my scrawl !
- 3. I could hardly read her childish scrawl .
- 4. She just sent us a scrawl on a card to say she was having a good time .
- 5. But this scrawl appearing over a map of the u. s.is in fact the flight path taken by boeing 's 787 dreamliner during a test-flight .