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scrawl

The correct spelling is scrawl.

How to pronounce scrawl

/skɹɔːl/
noun

IPA: /skɹɔːl/

Say it like: Scr-awl

The correct spelling is scrawl. Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
  2. 2.A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
  3. 3.Writing that lacks literary merit.
  4. 4.A broken branch of a tree.
  5. 5.The young of the dog-crab.

verb

  1. 1.To write something hastily or illegibly.
  2. 2.To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
  3. 3.To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
  4. 4.To creep; crawl; (by extension) to swarm with crawling things

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