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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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