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doo⋅dle

1  [dood-l] verb, -dled, -dling, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
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.
–noun
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.)

Related forms:
doodler, noun
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doo·dle   (dōōd'l)   
v.   doo·dled, doo·dling, doo·dles

v.   intr.

  1. To scribble aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.

  2. To kill time.

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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
doodle

  1. n.
    the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : Put your doodle away, Jimmy, and flush the toilet.
  2. n.
    feces, especially a baby's feces. (Baby talk.) : Billy's got doodle in his diapers.
  3. in.
    to defecate. (See also doo-doo. Baby talk.) : The dog doodled on the back porch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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