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scribbled

scribbled is the simple past and past participle of scribble.

Meaning of scribble

Verb (1)

scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
    • I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list.
    Synonyms:
    scrabble
  2. To doodle.
    Synonyms:
    scrawl
  3. To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.

Verb (2)

scribble (third-person singular simple present scribbles, present participle scribbling, simple past and past participle scribbled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.

See all 5 meanings of scribble

Phrases with scribbled

Questions about scribbled

What is scribbled the simple past and past participle of?
Scribbled is the simple past and past participle of scribble.

Words near scribbled in the dictionary

  1. scribble larks
  2. scribble off
  3. scribble-scrabble
  4. scribble-scrabbles
  5. scribbleable
  6. scribbled
  7. scribbled down
  8. scribbledom
  9. scribblemania
  10. scribblement
  11. scribblements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scribbled (page history and authors); scribble (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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