scribble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scribble	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for scribble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scribble n poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography] an aimless drawing Synonym(s): scribble, scrabble, doodle v write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble] write carelessly Synonym(s): scribble, scrawl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. i. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If M[91]vius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, n. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle. Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. --Bunyan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. {Scrabble}.] (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribbled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribbling} (-bl[icr]ng).] [From {Scribe}.] 1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter. 2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
scribble n. To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with {trash}; compare {mung}, which conveys a bit more intention, and {mangle}, which is more violent and final.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
scribble To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with {trash}; compare {mung}, which conveys a bit more intention, and {mangle}, which is more violent and final. [{Jargon File}]