scribble

scribble
1. transitive verb
1) (write hastily) hinkritzeln [Zeilen, Nachricht]
2) (draw carelessly or meaninglessly) kritzeln [Skizze, Muster]
2. intransitive verb
kritzeln
3. noun
Gekritzel, das (abwertend)
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['skribl] 1. verb
1) (to write quickly or carelessly: He scribbled a message.) schmieren
2) (to make meaningless marks with a pencil etc: That child has scribbled all over the wall.) beschmieren
2. noun
1) (untidy, careless handwriting.) das Geschmiere
2) (a mark etc made by scribbling.) das Geschmiere
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scrib·ble
[ˈskrɪbl̩]
I. vt
to \scribble sth etw [hin]kritzeln
to \scribble sth on sth etw auf etw akk kritzeln
II. vi
1. (make marks, write) kritzeln
to \scribble in a book/on the wall in ein Buch/an die Wand kritzeln
2. (hum: write) schreiben, schriftstellern fam
III. n
1. (mark, words) Gekritzel nt kein pl pej, Geschmier[e] nt kein pl pej fam, SCHWEIZ a. Gesudel nt kein pl pej fam
illegible \scribbles unleserliches Gekritzel pej
2. no pl (handwriting) Klaue f pej sl
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['skrɪbl]
1. n
Gekritzel nt no pl; (= note) schnell hingekritzelte Nachricht

covered in scribble(s) — vollgekritzelt

2. vt
hinkritzeln

to scribble sth on sth — etw auf etw (acc) kritzeln

paper scribbled (over) with notesmit Notizen vollgekritzeltes Papier

to scribble sth down — etw hinkritzeln

3. vi
1) (= write, draw untidily) kritzeln

the children scribbled all over the wallpaper — die Kinder haben die ganze Tapete vollgekritzelt

2) (inf: write novel etc) schreiben

he scribbles away all day at his novel — er schreibt den ganzen Tag an seinem Roman herum

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scribble1 [ˈskrıbl]
A v/t auch scribble down (hin)kritzeln, (-)schmieren:
scribble sth over etwas bekritzeln
B v/i kritzeln
C s
a) Gekritzel n:
his handwriting is nothing but (a) scribble seine Handschrift ist ein einziges Gekritzel
b) Kritzelei f
scribble2 [ˈskrıbl] v/t Wolle krempeln
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1. transitive verb
1) (write hastily) hinkritzeln [Zeilen, Nachricht]
2) (draw carelessly or meaninglessly) kritzeln [Skizze, Muster]
2. intransitive verb
kritzeln
3. noun
Gekritzel, das (abwertend)
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n.
Gekritzel n.
Kritzelei f. v.
kritzeln v.

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