Past tense of scribble
regular verb
The past tense of scribble is scribbled. The past participle is also scribbled.
Forms of scribble
| Base form (V1) | scribble /ˈskɹɪbəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scribbled |
| Past participle (V3) | scribbled |
| Present participle | scribbling /ˈskɹɪblɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | scribbles |
Scribbled in a sentence
- I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.
- She scribbled a curve on the paper.From the entry curve
- No, the original plan for Chicago's street layout was not scribbled on the back of a napkin by an ancestor of Roger Ebert; you just ate the onion.From the entry eat the onion
- I look down at the back of the school flyer I had just scribbled on.2018 July 4, Uzma Jalaluddin, “The perils of meal planning”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry goos
- Eyeing at the table full of scribbled papers he dictionarily imparted, “a large book or volume”.2011, Eddie Horton, Just Compass, Balboa Press, page 72. From the entry dictionarily
Meaning of scribble
- verb To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
- verb To doodle.
- verb To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
Questions about the past tense of scribble
- What is the past tense of scribble?
- The past tense of scribble is scribbled.
- What is the past participle of scribble?
- The past participle of scribble is scribbled.
- Is scribble a regular or irregular verb?
- Scribble is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scribble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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