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Gekritzel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doodle verb To draw or scribble absent-mindedly, usually while thinking about something else.
  • scrawl noun Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
  • scribble verb To write or draw quickly and carelessly.
  • scribbling noun Writing or drawing done in a hasty, careless manner.

Senses

Gekritzel is used for these senses in English:

  • doodle A small mindless sketch, etc.
  • scrawl Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
  • scribble Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing
  • scribbling That which has been scribbled, written in a scrawled or careless hand.
  • squiggle An illegible scrawl.

doodle — full definition

  1. verb To draw or scribble absent-mindedly, usually while thinking about something else.
  2. noun A small, careless sketch made without much thought or purpose.

scrawl — full definition

  1. noun Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
  2. noun A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
  3. noun Writing that lacks literary merit.
  4. noun A broken branch of a tree.

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