scrawl 

Messy or illegible handwriting, usually a signature or a small piece of graffiti. Doctors and other health workers are masters of the scrawl.

"Call that a signature, it's just one big scrawl!"

scrawl by Mr Ben February 8, 2005

Scrawl 

Hybrid from Scrap and Brawl. Means to fight

"You see that scrawl between those two teams?"

"Them young boys always scrawlin' wit each other"

Scrawl by J-Split November 30, 2009

scrawl 

v. to write in a hasty or illegible fashion
n. incoherent or illegible writing
(New Slang) v. A method of discursive association in which learning occurs tangentially. Akin to surfing, but with purpose or in pursuit of understanding rather than distraction; seeking the coincidence instead of the novel.
(N.S.) n. An idea defined by cross-reference. More raft, less surfboard.
(N.S.) n. A documented scrawling session. Learning by adventure.
syn.: chicken-scratch, scribble, surf, search, google, multi-channeled learning
rel.: sourcing, hyper-referencing, richtexting

"I was talking to this girl Marie, but then I just scrawled off, and she thought I was crazy."

"Yeah, in order to scrawl, you just sort of have to let go and trust yourself."

"I wasted a lot of time scrawling on the internet a few weeks back, but recently I was talking to someone and the things I'd found took the conversation to the next level."

scrawl by henry lawless October 8, 2007

Scrawl

To do something in a hurried, careless way.

"I scrawled so hard on that homework assignment."

Scrawl by jumbocat5050 November 25, 2025

turkey-chicken scrawl 

An adjective used to describe a person's handwriting, but a penmanship (handwriting skills) so horrendously bad that it is even worse than that of, hence the name, a chicken or turkey from the local farm.

a boy brings a hand written essay to his father, for his father to look over and help him correct it. The father looks at it and says:

father: son, i am sorry, I can’t read your bloody (used as an expletive here) handwriting. Who in the world taught you to write in turkey-chicken scrawl anyways?. Please go make sense of your own writing, re-type it for me on a computer, print it and bring it back to me, and then I’ll help you.

Son: okie dokey, no problem.

turkey-chicken scrawl by Uncle Dimma January 2, 2012

booty-scrawl 

Note left on the table for a waiter or waitress after the bill arrives in hopes to get some action at a later date. It is generally hidden in the bill fold because the writer is usually too cowardly to want to face the server. If the writer has chutzpah, and a chance with the server, they would have confronted them face to face. This does not work if a wedding ring is present on either the server or writer. It consists of a cheesy pick up line, the writer's contact info and usually, but not in all cases, a business card. In many cases the server will know that a booty-scrawl is imminent.

Tzipporah: 'WOW, did JT just leave his number, on the visa slip?!'

Sammi: 'yes, ever since Brit dumped him, he has been leaving booty-scrawls everywhere!'

booty-scrawl by shaul605 January 5, 2009

turkey-chicken scrawl 

An adjective used to describe a person's handwriting, but a penmanship (handwriting skills) so horrendously bad that even those of, hence the name, a chicken or turkey from the local farm.

a boy brings a hand written essay to his father, for his father to look over and help him correct it. The father looks at it and says:

father: son, i am sorry, I can’t read your bloody handwriting. Who in the world taught you to write in turkey-chicken scrawl anyways?. Please go make sense of your own writing, re-type it for me on a computer, print it and bring it back to me, and then I’ll help you.

Son: okie dokey, no problem.

turkey-chicken scrawl by Uncle Dimma January 1, 2012