[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scribble \scrib"ble\, v. t. cf. scrabble. woolen manuf.
   to card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
   1913 webster
see also:
scrabble 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scribble \scrib"ble\, v. t. imp.  p. p. scribbled -b'ld;
   p. pr.  vb. n. scribbling -bli^ng. from scribe.
   1. to write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
      correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
      1913 webster

   2. to fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
      1913 webster
see also:
scribbled scribbling scribe 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scribble \scrib"ble\, v. i.
   to write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
   1913 webster

         if maevius scribble in apollo's spite.   --pope.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scribble \scrib"ble\, n.
   hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
   scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --boyle.
   1913 webster

         neither did i but vacant seasons spend
         in this my scribble.                     --bunyan.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scribble
     n 1: poor handwriting syn: scratch, scrawl, cacography
     2: an aimless drawing syn: scrabble, doodle
     v 1: write down quickly without much attention to detail syn: scrabble
     2: write carelessly syn: scrawl
see also:
scratch scrawl cacography scrabble doodle 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "scribble":
   anamorphosis, bad likeness, barbouillage, botch, burlesque,
   caricature, daub, distortion, doodle, hen scratches, hen tracks,
   illegibility, indecipherability, jot down, misdraw, mispaint,
   parody, pattes de mouche, pothookery, pothooks,
   pothooks and hangers, scrabble, scratch, scrawl, scribbling,
   scribe, squiggle, travesty, undecipherability, unreadability,
   write

[7] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
trash mung mangle 

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
trash mung mangle jargon file 

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