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doo·dle
(do͞od′l)v. doo·dled, doo·dling, doo·dles
v.intr.
1. To draw or sketch aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.
2. To kill time; dawdle.
v.tr.
To draw (figures) while preoccupied.
n.
A figure or design drawn or written absent-mindedly.
[English dialectal, to fritter away time, perhaps from doodle, fool; see doodlebug.]
doo′dler n.
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doodle
(ˈduːdəl)vb
1. to scribble or draw aimlessly
2. (Music, other) to play or improvise idly
3. (often foll by: away) US to dawdle or waste time
n
a shape, picture, etc, drawn aimlessly
[C20: perhaps from C17 doodle a foolish person, but influenced in meaning by dawdle; compare Low German dudeltopf simpleton]
ˈdoodler n
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doo•dle
(ˈdud l)v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i.
1. to draw or scribble idly.
2. to engage in trifling activity.
3. to play idly on a musical instrument.
v.t. 4. to produce by doodling.
5. to pass (time) idly (often fol. by away).
n. 6. a figure produced by doodling.
[1935–40; expressive word, perhaps identical with now obsolete doodle fool]
doo′dler, n.
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doodle
- Originally a noun meaning "fool, simpleton," from German dudeltopf, it came to mean absent-minded scribbling.See also related terms for simpleton.
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doodle
Past participle: doodled
Gerund: doodling
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| Noun | 1. |  doodle - an aimless drawing drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" |
| Verb | 1. | doodle - make a doodle; draw aimlessly draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
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doodle
verbTo waste time by engaging in aimless activity:
Informal: fool around, mess around.
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Translations
خَرْبَشَه أثْناء التَّفْكيريُخَرْبِش أثْناء التَّفْكير
čmáranicečmárat
krusedulle
firkaszórakozottan firkál
krotkrota hugsunarlaust, pára
keverzonėkeverzotipeizojimaspeizoti
ķiņķēziņizīmēt ķiņķēziņus
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
doodle
[ˈduːdəl] n (= drawing) → griffonnage m, gribouillage m
vi (= draw) → griffonner, gribouiller
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
doodle
(ˈduːdl) verb to make meaningless drawings and scribbles, usually while thinking, talking on the telephone etc.
noun a drawing of this sort.
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