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scribble

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scribble - To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more violent and final.


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If he had been Satan himself there would have been plenty of weak- lings ready to scribble their names to a pardon-petition, and drip a tear on it from their permanently impaired and leaky water-works.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
I have only a moment to scribble a line on my card.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
But I dare say I could scribble something now and then, that would suit you.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
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