Collocations for "scribble"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scribble" in context.
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scribble
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- starting scribbling (down) [notes, numbers, information, answers, ideas]
- was scribbling away [impatiently, hurriedly]
- was [furiously, hastily] scribbling
- the [boy, girl, student] scribbled on the [paper, desk]
- scribbled in a [notepad, notebook, diary]
- scribbled the [signature, contract, phone number] on
- scribbled (notes) in the margin
- [an illegible, a messy, an indecipherable] scribble
- his [writing, handwriting] is (more) like a scribble
- a [notepad] full of scribbles
- his signature was just a scribble
'scribble' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):