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doodle
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
doodle
(verb)
cock–a–doodle–do
(noun)
doodle
/
ˈ
duːdl̟/
verb
doodles
;
doodled
;
doodling
doodle
/
ˈ
duːdl̟/
verb
doodles
;
doodled
;
doodling
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOODLE
[
no object
]
:
to draw something without thinking about what you are doing
She
doodled
in her notebook instead of taking notes.
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— doodle
noun
,
plural
doodles
[
count
]
Her notebook was full of
doodles
.
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