1. [n]  poor handwriting
2. [v]  write down quickly without much attention to detail
3. [v]  write carelessly

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1. \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [Cf. {Scrabble}.] (Woolen Manuf.)
   To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \Scrib"ble\, v. i.
   To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
         If M[ae]vius scribble in Apollo's spite. --Pope.
   

4. \Scrib"ble\, n.
   Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
   scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle.
         Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my
         scribble.                                --Bunyan.
   

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.

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