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doodle verb

TO DOODLE SOMETHING OUF OF COCKTAIL NAPKIN

1: to make a doodle
2: DAWDLE, TRIFLE
transitive verb

: to produce by doodling
doodle noun
Definition of doodle (Entry 2 of 2)
: an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch
also : a minor work


Synonyms: Verb

fiddle (around), fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang about [British], kick around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle


Examples of doodle in a Sentence
Verb
 She doodled in her notebook instead of taking notes.
 I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
You'll be given the option to doodle your signature on your screen, which is easier to get right than on a computer.
— Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 June 2022
But don’t treat your package as a canvas for your inner artist to doodle all over.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
Read, take photographs, journal, keep a hundred notebooks to draw, doodle and scribble down midnight ideas.
— Jodie Cook, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
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Phrases Containing doodle
cock-a-doodle-do
First Known Use of doodle
Verb

1935, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

1937, in the meaning defined above


History and Etymology for doodle
Verb

perhaps from doodle to ridicule

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“Doodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doodle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2022.