資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribbled} (-b'ld);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribbling} (-bl[i^]ng).] [From {Scribe}.]
   1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
      correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.

   2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.

Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, n. [See 1st {Scribble}.]
   The act or process of carding coarsely.

   {Scribbling machine}, the machine used for the first carding
      of wool or other fiber; -- called also {scribbler}.

Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, a.
   Writing hastily or poorly.

         Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks!
                                                  --Goldsmith.

Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, n.
   The act of writing hastily or idly.