Scribbler

Definitions: Scribbler

Scribbler

Noun

1. Informal terms for journalists.

2. A writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read.

Date "scribbler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Scribbler

Synonyms: penman (n), scrawler (n), scribe (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Book	Writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny a liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; poet.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Scribbler

English words defined with "scribbler": Scribbling machine ♦ Wool scribbler, Woolen scribbler. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Scribbler of Dreams (reference) Scribbler Tablet (reference) The Case of the Secret Scribbler (reference) The Scribbler, Adams County Pioneer Memoirs (reference) The Secret Scribbler (Zebra Regency Romance) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Scriver Scribbler (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Scribbler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scribbler" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	10	111,207

Expressions using "scribbler": wool scribbler ♦ woolen scribbler. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "scribbler": scribbler-turned-screenwriter.
	Ending with "scribbler": fellow-scribbler.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "scribbler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shkarravitës, kalemxhi. (various references)

Arabic		‏مؤلف تافه, ‏المخربش. (various references)

Bulgarian		писач (writer), драскач (hedge-writer, pen-driver, penny-a-liner, quill-driver). (various references)

Czech		pisálek (hack, penny-a-liner), škrabálek. (various references)

Danish		skrubbemaskine, skribler (worthless writer), blæksmøer (worthless writer). (various references)

Dutch		kladschrijver (worthless writer). (various references)

Farsi		نویسنده بد. (various references)

Finnish		esikarsta (breaker). (various references)

French		plumitif, plocteuse, griffonneur, gribouilleur, carde en gros, carde briseuse, barbouilleur, écrivaillon. (various references)

German		skribent, schreiberling (hack, pen pusher), schreiber (author, californian grape rootworm, clerk, clerks, plotter, recorder, recording instrument, recording measuring instrument, recording mechanism, scribe, Scrivener, secretary, tachograph, teleprinter, telex, typist, western grape rootworm, writer, writers, writing implement), schmierfink (dirty fellow, hack, messy writer, Muckraker, scrawler), schmierer (dauber, daubers, graffiti writer, greaser, scrawler), Tintenkleckser (worthless writer), romanschreiber (novelist), Grobkrempel. (various references)

Greek		κακογράφοσ (scrawler), πρώτη λαναριστική μηχανή, πρώτο τμήμα λαναριού στο μάλλινο σύστημα. (various references)

Hebrew		קשקשן (chatterbox, fiddle-faddle, prattler), כתבן (typist). (various references)

Hungarian		firkász (builder of rhymes, pen pusher), skribler, firkáló. (various references)

Italian		scribacchino (penny-a-liner, penpusher, sonneteer), scarabocchione (worthless writer). (various references)

Manx		drogh-screeudeyr. (various references)

Pig Latin		ibblerscray

Portuguese		rabiscador, jornalista (female journalist, journalist, newsman, pressman, publicist, reporter), escritor (author, penman, scribe, writer), escrevinhador, cardador (carder, Comber, teaseler, teaser), carda abridora, borrador (blotter, dauber, draft, hedgewriter, rough copy, worthless writer), ante-carda. (various references)

Romanian		scriitoraş (hack writer, paper stainer), scârţa-scârţa (scrawler). (various references)

Russian		писака (blotter, hedge-writer, ink-slinger, pen-driver, pen-pusher, quill-driver). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		škrabalo (pamphleteer). (various references)

Spanish		escritorzuelo (hack, hedgewriter, penny-a-liner, worthless writer). (various references)

Swedish		medelmåttig skribent, klottrare, grovkarda, förverk, förkarda. (various references)

Turkish		yazar bozuntusu (hack, hack writer), yazısı çirkin kimse, kargacık burgacık yazan kimse, kötü yazar (penny-a-liner), ditme makinesi (scutch). (various references)

Ukranian		писака (blotter, hedgewriter, pamphleteer, pen pusher). (various references)

Vietnamese		thợ chải len máy chải len, nh� văn t�"i, người viết vội vã, người viết chữ nguệch ngoạc nh� văn xo� ng, người viết bôi bác. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "scribbler": scribblers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Scribbler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schibler, scribbly, scribbner, scrible, scrubble. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "scribbler" (pronounced skri"bler)
3	-b l er	Ambler, assembler, babbler, cobbler, gambler, rambler, temblor, tumbler, warbler.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-b-c-e-i-l-r-r-s"
	-1 letter: cribbers, scribble.
	-2 letters: birlers, bribers, cribber, libbers, ribbers, scriber.
	-3 letters: bibles, birler, birles, briber, bribes, briers, criers, libber, libers, relics, ribber, ricers, scribe, slicer.
	-4 letters: bible, bices, biers, biles, birle, birls, birrs, birse, blebs, bribe, brier, bries, ceils, cires, cribs, crier, cries, liber, liers, relic, ribes, ricer, rices, riels, riles, riser, slice, slier.
	-5 letters: bels, bibs, bice, bier, bile, birl, birr, bise, bleb, brie, bris, ceil, cels, cire, crib, cris, ebbs, errs, ices, ires, isle, leis, libs, lice, lier, lies, lire, rebs, recs, reis, ribs, rice, riel, rile, rise, sibb, sice, sire.
	Words containing the letters "b-b-c-e-i-l-r-r-s"
	+1 letter: scrabblier, scribblers.
	+3 letters: blackberries, blackbirders.
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