how to pronounce scrawl

/skɹɔːl/

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scrawl is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of scrawl in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… anti-semitic scrawl unconnected to the …”

meanings of scrawl

noun:

Writing that lacks literary merit.
A broken branch of a tree.
Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
The young of the dog-crab.
A hastily or carelessly written note etc.

verb:

To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
To creep; crawl; to swarm with crawling things.
To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
To write something hastily or illegibly.

scrawl frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word scrawl occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics scrawl can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that scrawl can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;