sketcher

Variant of sketch

sketch definition

sketch (skec̸h)

noun

  1. a simple, rough drawing or design, done rapidly and without much detail
  2. a brief plan or description of major parts or points; outline
  3. a short, light, informal story, description, play, skit, or piece of music

Etymology: earlier schitz < Du schets < It schizzo < L schedium, extempore poem < Gr schedios, extempore, sudden < schein, to hold: see scheme

transitive verb

to draw or describe quickly or in outline; make a sketch of

intransitive verb

to make a sketch or sketches

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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