screeve
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
In view of the slang nature of the term, probably from Polari screeve (“write”), from Irish scríobh, eventually from Latin scrībō (“write”). Doublet of shrive.
Verb edit
screeve (third-person singular simple present screeves, present participle screeving, simple past and past participle screeved)
- (obsolete, UK, slang) To write.
- (obsolete, UK, slang) To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
- (obsolete, UK, slang) To write begging letters.
Noun edit
screeve (plural screeves)
- (obsolete, UK, slang) A begging letter.
References edit
- “Screeve” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 280.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Georgian მწკრივი (mc̣ḳrivi, “row, series”).
Noun edit
screeve (countable and uncountable, plural screeves)