Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scribbling

Scribbling , noun

[See 1st Scribble.]

The act or process of carding coarsely.
Collocations (1)
Scribbling machine , the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.

Scribbling , adjective

Writing hastily or poorly.
Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! — Goldsmith

Scribbling , noun

The act of writing hastily or idly.