How to pronounce scrawl

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What scrawl means

verb

To write in a hurried, sloppy way that's hard to read

In a sentence: Leo scrawled his phone number on a paper napkin.

Where it comes from: It possibly comes from an old word meaning to sprawl or to crawl, or perhaps from scrabble.

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