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scribbler

/ˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/

scribbler noun: one who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.

Noun

scribbler (plural scribblers)

  1. One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.
    • The scribbler, pinch'd with hunger, writes to dine.1726, George Granville, Epilogue to the Jew of Venice
    • "That's what I have been talking to you, sir - scientific gibberish! Did you think you could match cunning with me - you with your walnut of a brain? You think you are omnipotent, you infernal scribblers, don't you? That your praise can make a man and your blame can break him?"1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (dated) A machine for coarse carding or teasing of wool.
  3. (Canada, dated) A ruled notebook or exercise book, especially in grade school.

scribbler meaning in Tamil and Urdu

scribbler in Tamil

கிறுக்கி எழுதுபவர்

scribbler in Urdu

مصنف, ادیب, لکھاری

Synonyms of scribbler

All synonyms of scribbler

Forms of scribbler

pluralscribblers

Origin of scribbler

From scribble + -er.

Words formed from scribbler

Questions about scribbler

What does scribbler mean?
Scribbler means one who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.
What is scribbler in Tamil?
Scribbler in Tamil is கிறுக்கி எழுதுபவர். See Scribbler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scribbler?
Scribbler is a noun.
How do you pronounce scribbler?
Scribbler is pronounced /ˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of scribbler?
The plural of scribbler is scribblers.

Words near scribbler in the dictionary

  1. scribbledom
  2. scribblemania
  3. scribblement
  4. scribblements
  5. scribbleomania
  6. scribbler
  7. scribbleress
  8. scribbleresses
  9. scribblers
  10. scribblery
  11. scribbles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scribbler (page history and authors); scribbler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scribbler (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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