Usually means: Unstructured, spontaneous marks using pen.
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  1. scribbling: Merriam-Webster
  2. scribbling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scribbling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Scribbling, scribbling: Wordnik
  5. scribbling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scribbling: Wiktionary
  7. scribbling: Dictionary.com
  8. scribbling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Scribbling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. scribbling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Scribbling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. scribbling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. scribbling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scribbling: Encyclopedia

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  1. scribbling: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scribbling)

▸ noun:  That which has been scribbled, written in a scrawled or careless hand.
▸ noun:  The carding of wool or cotton.

Similar:
scrawl, scratch, scrabble, cacography, scribblement, scribbledom, griffonage, writo, slip of the pen, grafitti, more...

Opposite:
calligraphy, penmanship, handwriting

Types:
doodle, sketch, crayon, marker, pencil, chalk, more...

Phrases:
scribbling pad, scribbling block, scribbling machine, more...

Adjectives:
mere, busy, more, random, such, own, little, hasty, furious, constant, circular

Colors:
    crimson,     cerulean,     chartreuse,     magenta,     vermilion, more...



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Similar:
scrawl, scratch, scrabble, cacography, scribblement, scribbledom, griffonage, writo, slip of the pen, grafitti, more...

Opposite:
calligraphy, penmanship, handwriting

Types:
doodle, sketch, crayon, marker, pencil, chalk, more...

Phrases:
scribbling pad, scribbling block, scribbling machine, more...

Adjectives:
mere, busy, more, random, such, own, little, hasty, furious, constant, circular

Colors:
    crimson,     cerulean,     chartreuse,     magenta,     vermilion, more...



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