Word Frequency
doodle (ˈduːdəl
) (informal)
Definitions
verb
- to scribble or draw aimlessly
- to play or improvise idly
- intr often foll by away (US) to dawdle or waste time
noun
- a shape, picture, etc, drawn aimlessly
Derived Forms
ˈdoodler nounWord Origin
C20: perhaps from C17 doodle a foolish person, but influenced in meaning by dawdle; compare Low German dudeltopf simpletonTranslations for 'doodle'
- British English: doodle A doodle is a pattern or picture that you draw when you are bored or thinking about something else. NOUNHe was staring into space, with a scrawl of doodles on the pad in front of him.
- Brazilian Portuguese: rabisco
- Chinese: 信手涂鸦之物信手涂塗鸦鴉之物
- European Spanish: garabato
- French: gribouillage
- German: Kritzelei
- Italian: scarabocchio
- Japanese: いたずら書き
- Korean: 낙서
- Portuguese: rabisco
- Spanish: garabato
- British English: doodle When someone doodles, they draw doodles. VERBHe looked across at him, doodling on his notebook.
- Brazilian Portuguese: rabiscar
- Chinese: 信手涂鸦信手涂<TRAD>塗</TRAD>鸦<TRAD>鴉</TRAD>塗鸦鴉之物
- European Spanish: garabatear
- French: gribouiller
- German: kritzeln
- Italian: scarabocchiare
- Japanese: 落書きをする
- Korean: 낙서하다
- Portuguese: rabiscar
- Spanish: garabatear
Example Sentences Including 'doodle'
Christian doctrine is not the equivalent of a blank piece of paper on which we doodle as we choose.Irish Times (2002)
Dutroux might have thought she was using the book to doodle away her hours in captivity.Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)
He picked up a pencil and began to doodle on it as he waited for me to answer.LOSING IT (2002)
I doodle in exactly the same way as this, although I sometimes add spirals drawn inside rectangles.POPCO (2004)
I turned back to the doodle that would never become an elephant.Toy Shop
It gives the CTS a vaguely European feel but still has a good deal of the Yankee doodle dandy about it.Sun, News of the World (2004)
Sometimes a small pencil sketch comes first and, as you ` doodle ", you will find yourself putting atmosphere into it.Crawshaw's Watercolour Studio
Spankee doodle ; Golf; Ryder Cup 2004 USA 9 1/ 2 Europe 18 1/ 2; Match reportSun, News of the World (2004)
The phone could also be set to send the doodle to another phone or to email it to a computer.New Scientist (2004)
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