to doodle

Examples

• All

• Emily sat at her desk, doodling on her math sheet.

  Fiction book (1997)

• I have this habit of doodling.

  12 Angry Men (1957)

• So yeah, love to see him draw and doodle and do stuff like that that he loves.

  Emily Norris

• Like get bored, be creative, stare outside a window, you know, pick up a pen and doodle and draw.

• Allowing yourself to doodle, allowing yourself to free think, to free write, to freestyle is so important.

• And then every day or every moment is a blank slate for you to doodle, express yourself, distract yourself.

• Mama leaned against the kitchen counter, doodling numbers on a party invitation and trying to make the figures fit.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I'm just doodling.

  The War with Grandpa (2020)

• Then he removed a pen from his jacket pocket and began doodling on a cocktail napkin while Robbie went on.

  Fiction book (1999)

• She often likes to doodle in the margins of her notebook while she's listening to lectures.

Synonyms

D

to draw

vsto doodle

939 1.0

Make a picture with a pen or pencil

make marks absent-mindedly without a specific purpose

S

to scrawl

vsto doodle

23 5.5

To write or draw quickly and carelessly so it is hard to read

make marks absent-mindedly without a specific purpose

D

to diddle

vsto doodle

• Informal

1 8.6

To play with something in your hands without thinking

make marks absent-mindedly without a specific purpose

Idioms

H

holy doodle

• Informal

9.9

A word people say to show strong surprise

Compounds

Y

Yankee-Doodle

• Offensive

1 9.6

A person from the United States who people from other countries often call jokingly or rudely

How Detailed

to illustrate

301 3.5

to draw

939 1.0

sketch

150 2.5

to doodle

13 3.3

scribble

5 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology