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• /ˈskɹɪbəl/
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From Middle English scriblen, from (1) scrīben + -le and/or (2) Latin scrībillō (found in conscrībillō), from cōnscrībō, from scrībō (“write”), equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix).

From Dutch schribbelen (“to scratch”), from Middle Dutch schrobben (“to scrub, scrape, scratch”), variant of schrapen, schrappen. Related to scrub.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خربشة — hastily done writing
• Azerbaijani: cızma-qara — hastily done writing
• Bulgarian: драсканица (draskanica) — hastily done writing
• Catalan: gargot — hastily done writing
• Catalan: garramanxo — hastily done writing
• Cebuano: kuriskuris — hastily done writing
• Esperanto: skribaĉo — hastily done writing
• Faroese: krutl — hastily done writing
• Faroese: kattarklór — hastily done writing
• Faroese: krakuklór — hastily done writing
• Faroese: rusl — hastily done writing
• Finnish: tuherrus — hastily done writing
• Finnish: töherrys — hastily done writing
• French: pattes de mouche — hastily done writing
• French: pieds de mouche — hastily done writing
• French: gribouillis — hastily done writing
• French: gribouillage — hastily done writing
• French: griffonnage — hastily done writing
• German: Gekritzel — hastily done writing
• German: Kritzelei — hastily done writing
• German: Krakelei — hastily done writing
• German: Gekrakel — hastily done writing
• German: Geschmier — hastily done writing
• Hebrew: שרבוט (shirbút) — hastily done writing
• Italian: scarabocchio — hastily done writing
• Kazakh: шатпақ (şatpaq) — hastily done writing
• Māori: tuhituhi kōkau — hastily done writing
• Polish: pisanina — hastily done writing
• Polish: bazgranina — hastily done writing
• Polish: bazgroły — hastily done writing
• Portuguese: garrancho — hastily done writing
• Spanish: garrapato — hastily done writing
• Spanish: garabato — hastily done writing
• Spanish: garabateo — hastily done writing
• Tamil: கிறுக்கு (kiṟukku) — hastily done writing
• Arabic: شخبط — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Armenian: խզբզել (xzbzel) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Bulgarian: дра́скам (dráskam) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Bulgarian: дра́щя (dráštja) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Bulgarian: пиша небрежно (piša nebrežno) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Catalan: fer gargots — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Catalan: gargotejar — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Chichewa: kulémba — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Esperanto: skribaĉi — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Finnish: kirjoitella — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Finnish: tuhertaa — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• French: gribouiller — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• French: griffonner — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• German: schmieren — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• German: krakeln — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• German: kritzeln — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Hebrew: קִשְׁקֵשׁ (qishqésh) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Hebrew: שרבט (shirbét) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Hungarian: firkál — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Ido: skribachar — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Italian: scarabocchiare — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Italian: schiccherare — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Polish: bazgrać — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Polish: gryzmolić — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Portuguese: rabiscar — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Portuguese: garranchar — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Russian: цара́пать (carápatʹ) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Russian: шкря́бать (škrjábatʹ) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Spanish: garabatear — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Spanish: borrajear — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Spanish: borronear — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Spanish: garrapatear — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Spanish: escarabajear — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Swedish: krafsa — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Tamil: கிறுக்கு (kiṟukku) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Turkish: karalamak — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Vietnamese: viết nguệch ngoạc — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Vietnamese: viết cẩu thả — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Yiddish: אָנפּאַטשקען (onpatshken) — to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
• Armenian: խզբզել (xzbzel) — to doodle
• Bulgarian: драскам си (draskam si) — to doodle
• Catalan: fer gargots — to doodle
• Catalan: gargotejar — to doodle
• Chichewa: kulémbalemba — to doodle
• Finnish: töhertää — to doodle
• Finnish: tuhertaa — to doodle
• French: gribouiller — to doodle
• French: grabouiller — to doodle
• Hebrew: שרבט (shirbét) — to doodle
• Hungarian: firkál — to doodle
• Italian: scarabocchiare — to doodle
• Portuguese: rabiscar — to doodle
• Russian: мара́ть бума́гу (marátʹ bumágu) — to doodle
• Spanish: garabatear — to doodle
• Spanish: garrapatear — to doodle
• Bulgarian: дра́щя (dráštja) — to write badly
• French: gribouiller — to write badly
• French: griffonner — to write badly
• French: scribouiller — to write badly
• French: grabouiller — to write badly