DOODLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doodle mean? 

• DOODLE (noun)
  The noun DOODLE has 1 sense:

1. an aimless drawing

  Familiarity information: DOODLE used as a noun is very rare.

• DOODLE (verb)
  The verb DOODLE has 1 sense:

1. make a doodle; draw aimlessly

  Familiarity information: DOODLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOODLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aimless drawing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

doodle; scrabble; scribble

Hypernyms ("doodle" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)

Derivation:

doodle (make a doodle; draw aimlessly)

• DOODLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they doodle    ... he / she / it doodles   
Past simple: doodled   
Past participle: doodled   
-ing form: doodling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a doodle; draw aimlessly

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "doodle" is one way to...):

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

"Doodle" entails doing...:

delineate; describe; draw; line; trace (make a mark or lines on a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

doodle (an aimless drawing)

 Context examples 

“It is Lestrade’s little cock-a-doodle of victory,” Holmes answered, with a bitter smile.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)