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Audio Help [dood-l] Pronunciation Key verb, -dled, -dling, noun –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
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| 1. | to draw or scribble idly: He doodled during the whole lecture. |
| 2. | to waste (time) in aimless or foolish activity. |
| 3. | Dialect. to deceive; cheat. |
| 4. | a design, figure, or the like, made by idle scribbling. |
| 5. | Archaic. a foolish or silly person. |
[Origin: 1935–40, Americanism; orig. sense, fool (n.)
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doodler, noun
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Audio Help [dood-l] Pronunciation Key –noun Chiefly North Midland U.S.
| a small pile of hay; haystack. |
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v. doo·dled, doo·dling, doo·dles v. intr.
v. tr. To draw (figures) while preoccupied. n. A figure, design, or scribble 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 (v.)
"scrawl aimlessly," 1937, from dial. doodle, dudle "fritter away time, trifle." It was a noun meaning "simple fellow" from 1628. Doodle-bug "type of beetle or larvae" is c.1866, Southern U.S. dialect; the same word was applied 1944 to Ger. flying bombs in R.A.F. slang.
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| 1. | an aimless drawing [syn: scribble] |
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| 1. | make a doodle; draw aimlessly |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
doodle [ˈduːdl] verb
to make meaningless drawings and scribbles, usually while thinking, talking on the telephone etc
doodle [ˈduːdl] noun
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a drawing of this sort
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Doodle
Doo"dle\, n. [Cf. Dawdle.] A trifler; a simple fellow.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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