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   scrawl

   /skrɔːl/

   verb

   • 1. write (something) in a hurried, careless way: "Charlie scrawled his signature"

   noun

   • 1. an example of hurried, careless writing: "the page was covered in scrawls and doodles"

   Word Origin early 17th century: apparently an alteration of the verb crawl, perhaps influenced by obsolete scrawl ‘sprawl’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scrawly adjective
   • 2. scrawler noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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