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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribble  \Scrib"ble\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Scrabble}.]  (Woolen  Manuf.) 
  To  card  coarsely;  to  run  through  the  scribbling  machine. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribble  \Scrib"ble\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scribbled}  (-b'ld); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Scribbling}  (-bl[i^]ng).]  [From  {Scribe}.] 
  1.  To  write  hastily  or  carelessly,  without  regard  to 
  correctness  or  elegance;  as  to  scribble  a  letter. 
 
  2.  To  fill  or  cover  with  careless  or  worthless  writing. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribble  \Scrib"ble\,  v.  i. 
  To  write  without  care  elegance,  or  value;  to  scrawl. 
 
  If  M[ae]vius  scribble  in  Apollo's  spite.  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribble  \Scrib"ble\,  n. 
  Hasty  or  careless  writing;  a  writing  of  little  value;  a 
  scrawl;  as  a  hasty  scribble.  --Boyle. 
 
  Neither  did  I  but  vacant  seasons  spend  In  this  my 
  scribble.  --Bunyan. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scribble 
  n  :  poor  handwriting  [syn:  {scratch},  {scrawl},  {cacography}] 
  v  1:  write  down  quickly  without  much  attention  to  detail  [syn:  {scrabble}] 
  2:  write  carelessly  [syn:  {scrawl}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  scribble  n.  To  modify  a  data  structure  in  a  random  and 
  unintentionally  destructive  way  "Bletch!  Somebody's  disk-compactor 
  program  went  berserk  and  scribbled  on  the  i-node  table."  "It  was  working 
  fine  until  one  of  the  allocation  routines  scribbled  on  low  core." 
  Synonymous  with  {trash};  compare  {mung},  which  conveys  a  bit  more 
  intention,  and  {mangle},  which  is  more  violent  and  final. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  scribble 
 
  To  modify  a  data  structure  in  a  random  and  unintentionally 
  destructive  way  "Bletch!  Somebody's  disk-compactor  program 
  went  berserk  and  scribbled  on  the  i-node  table."  "It  was 
  working  fine  until  one  of  the  allocation  routines  scribbled  on 
  low  core."  Synonymous  with  {trash};  compare  {mung},  which 
  conveys  a  bit  more  intention,  and  {mangle},  which  is  more 
  violent  and  final. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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