Definition of "scrawl" in Englisch

noun

1. Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.

2. A hastily or carelessly written note etc.

3. Writing that lacks literary merit.

4. (countable, uncommon) A broken branch of a tree.

5. (uncommon) The young of the dog-crab.

verb

1. (transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly.

   • She scrawled the main points onto her notepad.

2. (intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner.

3. (intransitive) To write unskilfully and inelegantly.

verb

1. To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily.

   • we will scrape and scrawl, and catch and pull to us all that we may get
   • When I saw him scrawlen on the plain, My heart aw flacker'd for't, I was sae fain.
   • T'poor pig what had just scrawled through t'bottom o' t'cart,