doodle - Definition from the VISUAL topic - ARTS

Topic: VISUAL

Date:	1600-1700
Origin:	Perhaps from doodle 'to make fun of', from Low German dudeltopf 'stupid person'

doodle
verb

doo‧dle

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[intransitive]

AV to draw shapes, lines, or patterns without really thinking about what you are doing:

British English

Brad was doodling on a sheet of paper.

—doodle noun [countable]

Definition of doodle from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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