scrawl

Meanings

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

1. To write something hastily or illegibly.
2. To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
3. To write unskilfully and inelegantly.

1. To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily.

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”). Alternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble.