v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scribbled p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling ] [ From Scribe. ] 1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

If Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither did I but vacant seasons spend
In this my scribble. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Scrabble. ] (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scribble. [ R. ] Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scribbling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack. [ 1913 Webster ]

The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Scribble. ] The act or process of carding coarsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scribbling machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Writing hastily or poorly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of writing hastily or idly. [ 1913 Webster ]