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"2": "enm",
"3": "scraulen",
"4": "",
"5": "to spread out one's limbs; sprawl"
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"expansion": "Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"etymology_text": "Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”).\nAlternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble.",
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}
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"Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting."
],
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"roman": "xzbzocʿ",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "խզբզոց"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "draskanica",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "драсканица"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "塗鴉"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "túyā",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "涂鸦"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
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"english": "(variants",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "túyā",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "塗鴨"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "涂鸭)"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gekrabbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "skribaĉo"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "harakanvarpaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "griffonnage"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gribouillage"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gekritzel"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "macskakaparás"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "krikszkraksz"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "ákombákom"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krot"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "klór"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pírumpár"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scarabocchio"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "girigogolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgorbio"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svolazzo"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"alt": "らくがき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rakugaki",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "落書き"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "bazgroły"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bohomaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bazgranina"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "gryzmoły"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garrancho"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabisco"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "karákuli",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "кара́кули"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krokozjábry",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "крокозя́бры"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"word": "garrapateo"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "karljučky",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "карлючки"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 1 24 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nerozbirlyvyj počerk",
"sense": "irregular handwriting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нерозбірливий почерк"
}
]
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"glosses": [
"A hastily or carelessly written note etc."
],
"id": "en-scrawl-en-noun-G8B0UJ6H",
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[
"note",
"note"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "krabbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"word": "skribaĉo"
},
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"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "harakanvarpaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"word": "raapustus"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"word": "riipustus"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"word": "firka"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"word": "irkafirka"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scarabocchio"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 89 7 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hastily or carelessly written note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garrancho"
}
]
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{
"glosses": [
"Writing that lacks literary merit."
],
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[
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"literary"
],
[
"merit",
"merit"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"A broken branch of a tree."
],
"id": "en-scrawl-en-noun-SrS~JY4S",
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"(countable, uncommon) A broken branch of a tree."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"The young of the dog-crab."
],
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"links": [
[
"dog-crab",
"dog-crab"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncommon) The young of the dog-crab."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncommon",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skɹɔːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/skɹɑːl/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "scrawl"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "scrawl out"
}
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"name": "der"
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"etymology_text": "Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”).\nAlternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scrawls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "scrawling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "scrawled",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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}
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She scrawled the main points onto her notepad",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To write something hastily or illegibly."
],
"id": "en-scrawl-en-verb-6aS9nqNG",
"links": [
[
"write",
"write"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xzbzel",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "խզբզել"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadraskvam",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "надрасквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "skribaĉi"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "raapustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "riipustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "kritzeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "krakeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "dahin schmieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "krota"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "krassa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "hripa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "pára"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "skrifa flausturslega"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "skribachar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "scarabocchiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gryzmolić"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nagryzmolić"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bazgrać"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nabazgrać"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "rabiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "carápatʹ",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "цара́пать"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "škrjábatʹ",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "шкря́бать"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "garrapatear"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "škrjabaty",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "шкрябати"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 16 22",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bazhraty",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "базграти"
}
]
},
{
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"To write in an irregular or illegible manner."
],
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"(intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner."
],
"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xzbzel",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "խզբզել"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "skribaĉi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "raapustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "riipustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "griffonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "kritzeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "skribachar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "scarabocchiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "bazgrać"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gryzmolić"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "skrobać"
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xzbzel",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "խզբզել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadraskvam",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "надрасквам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "skribaĉi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "raapustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "riipustaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "kritzeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "krakeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "dahin schmieren"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "krota"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "krassa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "hripa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "pára"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "skrifa flausturslega"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "skribachar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "scarabocchiare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gryzmolić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nagryzmolić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bazgrać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nabazgrać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "rabiscar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "carápatʹ",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "цара́пать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "škrjábatʹ",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "шкря́бать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "garrapatear"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "škrjabaty",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "шкрябати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bazhraty",
"sense": "to write hastily or illegibly",
"word": "базграти"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xzbzel",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "խզբզել"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "skribaĉi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "raapustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "riipustaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "griffonner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "kritzeln"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "skribachar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "scarabocchiare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "bazgrać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gryzmolić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "skrobać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nagryzmolić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "rabiscar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "carápatʹ",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "цара́пать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "škrjábatʹ",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "шкря́бать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "garrapatear"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "škrjabaty",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "шкрябати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bazhraty",
"sense": "to write in an irregular or illegible manner",
"word": "базграти"
}
],
"word": "scrawl"
}
{
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔːl",
"Rhymes:English/ɔːl/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "scraulen",
"4": "",
"5": "to crawl"
},
"expansion": "Middle English scraulen (“to crawl”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "crawlen",
"3": "",
"4": "to crawl"
},
"expansion": "crawlen (“to crawl”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "crawl"
},
"expansion": "crawl",
"name": "l"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "scrawls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "scrawling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "scrawled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "scrawled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "scrawl (third-person singular simple present scrawls, present participle scrawling, simple past and past participle scrawled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "November 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, A Sermon preached at Stamford",
"text": "we will scrape and scrawl, and catch and pull to us all that we may get"
},
{
"ref": "1797 (original possibly 1783), Josiah Relph, Poems by the Reverend Josiah Relph ... With the life of the author and a pastoral elegy on his death; by T. Sanderson, page 13",
"text": "When I saw him scrawlen on the plain, My heart aw flacker'd for't, I was sae fain."
},
{
"ref": "1892, Clarke Tum Fowt Sketches, page 40, no. 3",
"text": "T'poor pig what had just scrawled through t'bottom o' t'cart,"
},
{
"ref": "1896, Francis Hindes Groome, Kriegspiel: The War Game, page 252",
"text": "'Cut its throat,' I calls to him, but he didn't, just slashes its forepaw; but it dropt di-rekly, couldn't hardly scrawl out on the bank.'",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily."
],
"links": [
[
"creep",
"creep"
],
[
"crawl",
"crawl"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skɹɔːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/skɹɑːl/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "scrawl"
}
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