Thesaurus results for SCRAWLS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scrawl

as in scribbles

to write or draw hastily or carelessly scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off

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noun

plural of scrawl

as in scratches

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Recent Examples of scrawls

Verb

Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawls

Verb

But when Ava makes a bathroom trip, Deb hastily scribbles something in her notepad.

— Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
More tournaments to come While Yount has developed a near-superpower of watching 12 mats at once, Smith, for the most part, relaxes in his seat and enjoys the show at Ball Arena while Yount scribbles on his brackets.

— Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026

Definition of scribbles

Noun

The two women allegedly pushed each other near a chain link fence in Martinez’s backyard, leading to both of them suffering scratches, the document said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane.

— Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026