BOB°ëµº

Word Explorer
Children's
Dictionary Suite
 
Elementary Dictionary
       

doo·dle

doodle

 
 
pronunciation:
du dl
parts of speech:
verb, noun
features:
Word Explorer
part of speech: verb
inflections: doodles, doodling, doodled
definition: When you doodle, you draw or scribble without really thinking about what you are doing. You might make a picture or not. Some people doodle when they are bored, and some people say that doodling helps them think while they are listening to something.
Jordan doodled all over the back of his notebook during class.Mr. Ryan doodled during the meeting today. His boss thought he wasn't listening and got annoyed with him.
 
part of speech: noun
definition: A doodle is a drawing or pattern of lines or marks that someone makes on paper without really planning to draw any particular thing.
Maddy's doodles are usually lines that look like snakes or circles inside other circles.
derivation: doodler (n.)
Word Explorer
See
  art