doddle
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈdɒdəl/
- UK
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facilidad
- What a doddle.
Examples
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It's a doddle, like driving a Cadillac Fleetwood.
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Faces are a doddle compared to tits and ass.
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Putting up a website for a local business presence, just to have the address on your cards, is a doddle; building a website to earn you money online is not.
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Fortunately, your instructions made sorting it out a doddle.
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Should be a doddle.
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A doddle.
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Crucifixion's a doddle.
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Calculating the tip at a restaurant is a doddle if you just double the tax.
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For someone with experience, assembling that furniture is a doddle.
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The homework assignment was a doddle since we had covered the topic in class.
Synonyms
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1.0
Something very easy to do
33
2.1
An easy thing to do
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1.2
An easy task that needs little effort
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2.1
A task that is very easy to do
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1.0
An activity that is very easy to do
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1.0
An easy task that takes little effort
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3.4
An easy task that you can do without much effort
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2.8
Easy to do and without problems after it starts
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1.3
A very easy task that needs little effort
A competition or test that is very easy to pass
Antonyms
How Easy
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3.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doddle is British slang for a task that is very easy. Its exact origin is uncertain, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of a quick doodle, a simple drawing, because both give the idea of something 'quick' and 'easy', which is why a doddle means an easy job.