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Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening.
Herbert Gold

Meaning of "scribbling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRIBBLING

scribbling  [ˈskrɪblɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRIBBLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scribbling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCRIBBLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scribbling in the English dictionary

The definition of scribbling in the dictionary is a piece of writing or drawing done in a hasty or illegible manner. Other definition of scribbling is a piece of creative writing, or.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRIBBLING


babbling
ˈbæblɪŋ
bling
blɪŋ
bling-bling
ˈblɪŋˌblɪŋ
cabling
ˈkeɪblɪŋ
doubling
ˈdʌblɪŋ
dribbling
ˈdrɪblɪŋ
eco-labelling
ˈleɪblɪŋ
gambling
ˈɡæmblɪŋ
humbling
ˈhʌmblɪŋ
quibbling
ˈkwɪblɪŋ
rambling
ˈræmblɪŋ
rumbling
ˈrʌmblɪŋ
saibling
ˈsaɪblɪŋ
scrambling
ˈskræmblɪŋ
shambling
ˈʃæmblɪŋ
sibling
ˈsɪblɪŋ
stabling
ˈsteɪblɪŋ
timetabling
ˈtaɪmteɪblɪŋ
trembling
ˈtrɛmblɪŋ
troubling
ˈtrʌblɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRIBBLING

scribable
scribacious
scribaciousness
scribal
scribble
scribblement
scribbler
scribbling pad
scribblingly
scribbly
scribbly gum
scribe
scriber
scribism
scriech
scried
scriene
scries
scrieve
scrieveboard

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRIBBLING

bling bling
brambling
bumbling
burbling
calling
dabbling
disabling
dissembling
enabling
ennobling
grumbling
lambling
marbling
pebbling
snobling
squabbling
stumbling
thumbling
trebling
untrembling
warbling

Synonyms and antonyms of scribbling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCRIBBLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scribbling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scribbling

Translation of «scribbling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRIBBLING

Find out the translation of scribbling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scribbling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scribbling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

涂鸦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

garabateando
570 millions of speakers

English

scribbling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scribbling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخربشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

строчить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rabiscando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scribbling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gribouiller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menulis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gekritzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

落書き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낙서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scribbling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scribbling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scribbling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काव्यलेखन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karalama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scarabocchiare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bazgranie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

строчити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scriind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scribbling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scribbling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrible
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scribbling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRIBBLING»

The term «scribbling» is regularly used and occupies the 73.075 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRIBBLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scribbling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scribbling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scribbling

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10 QUOTES WITH «SCRIBBLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scribbling.
1
Jim Capaldi
Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper.
2
Peter Capaldi
When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.
3
Kurt Cobain
I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.
4
Herbert Gold
Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening.
5
Neil Jackson
When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she asked me what I was doing, I got shy. I was writing a Christmas song, and I had never shared my music with anyone before. Reluctantly, I sang it for her... and she loved it. Of course she did - she's my mum.
6
C. S. Lewis
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
7
Natascha McElhone
Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
8
Henri Rousseau
Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.
9
Dani Shapiro
When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
10
Kim Swift
The drawings in 'Portal' were actually me scribbling that stuff... I had a funny moment when I realized that someone gotten 'The cake is a lie' tattooed on themselves. It was really interesting to see my handwriting tattooed on another human being. That... that's odd.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRIBBLING»

Discover the use of scribbling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scribbling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
Scribbling the Cat is an engrossing and haunting look at war, Africa, and the lines of sanity.
Alexandra Fuller, 2005
2
Scribbling
Katie Hall's poems are of the rare kind that pierce right into your soul, leaving a tingling feeling under your skin, matched only by the speechless silence enveloping the roaring storms in your mind.
Katie Hall, 2012
3
Scribbling Women: Short Stories by 19th Century American Women
Short Stories By 19th-Century American Women. These tales of remarkable and of ordinary lives in nineteeth-century America are told through women's voices that call out from the kitchen hearth, the solitary room, the prison cell.
Elaine Showalter, 1997
4
Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives
Profiles women authors who have defied something that would have held others back, from societal convention to oppression, including Nellie Bly, Daisy Ashford, and Dang Thuy Tram.
Marthe Jocelyn, 2011
5
Holy Scribbling: Looking at Life Through a Sacred Window
Holy Scribbling is a personal book, but the images in these works expand into a universal understanding of everyman. In poetic form, a sense of reality is captured with a minimum of words.
Katherine Roberts Moore, 2012
6
Scribbling Into Being
They let go of structure, form, taught learnings, “how-it-shoulds,” and all the self and outward censoring blocks that previously held these works from expanding out. The result: this startling book, surprisingly simple, but powerful!
Mary Beth Haines, Lana R. Minkler, 2012
7
Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
Through Jesus, God has spoken to us in a word we can understand. Likewise, Michael Card has articulated the story of Jesus to others through his own scribblings in the sand. This book shows us how we can do the same.
Michael Card, 2010
8
Scribbling in the Sand Study Guide: Christ and Creativity
The user-friendly format makes this guide ideal for small groups, Sunday school classes or anyone who wants to enter into a life of Christian creativity.
Michael Card, 2010
9
Scribbling Women & the Short Story Form: Approaches by ...
Covering the work of selected women writers from the 1850s through the late twentieth century, this collection includes essays on well-known authors such as Rebecca Harding Davis, Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Katherine Anne Porter, ...
Ellen Burton Harrington, 2008
10
The Scribble Book
Scribble spaghetti for lunch! The Scribble Book does away with the traditional rules of preschool coloring books, encouraging children to unlock their creativity and experiment for themselves by just picking up a crayon and scribbling.
Hervé Tullet, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRIBBLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scribbling is used in the context of the following news items.
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After scribbling on wall, man allegedly shoots at roommate
A man is accused of shooting at one of his roommates Monday after scribbling phrases on a wall in crayon. Edward D. Jewell II, 37, is being held in the Spokane ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
2
Kelowna cenotaph defaced by man scribbling graffiti
A man who allegedly defaced a Kelowna, B.C. war memorial with black marker pen will appear in court Friday facing charges of mischief and resisting arrest. «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
3
Airline Passenger Noticed the Man Next to Her Scribbling Furiously …
As a Virgin America flight was preparing for takeoff from San Francisco Thursday, passenger Vicki Riffe noticed the man sitting next to her scribbling intensely in ... «TheBlaze.com, May 15»
4
Scribbling Women
Hawthorne's complaint against “scribbling women” extends to serious essays and fiction by women, whose book covers receive notably lighter treatment than ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15»
5
US Congress promises death to patent trolls in bipartisan law …
US Congress promises death to patent trolls in bipartisan law scribbling. Joint press conference promises to finally pass law. Twitter. Facebook. G+. «The Register, Apr 15»
6
Scribbling Women: UVU exhibits the lives of nineteenth century …
UVU English students have put together an exhibition on women writers of the early nineteenth century through the civil war. The exhibit is called Scribbling ... «UVU Review, Apr 15»
7
One Direction wipe Zayn Malik out & Harry Styles is 'scribbling'
One Direction have officially wiped Zayn Malik from their Facebook page and Twitter profile it's made us sad this Wednesday morning. The band had already ... «Unreality TV, Apr 15»
8
English students research, prepare exhibit featuring 'Scribbling
The course and exhibit, both titled “Scribbling Women: 19th Century American Women Writers,” are the work of Todd Goddard, an associate professor of ... «Daily Herald, Apr 15»
9
Scribbling Science
Imagine sitting in a biology class very close to dozing off into Wonderland, when the professor pulls up a comic titled “World's Derpiest Fish” on the PowerPoint. «The UCSD Guardian Online, Feb 15»
10
Young techie from Bihar ends life in Indore after scribbling 'I Love …
INDORE: A budding techie allegedly ended life here on Saturday, after leaving behind a suicide note saying 'I Love Katrina.' The 22-year-old Rahul Kumar ... «Times of India, Dec 14»

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