doodle

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"Flap-doodle, they call it, what fools are fed on.

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  1. intransitive verb To scribble aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.
  2. intransitive verb To kill time.
  3. transitive verb To draw (figures) while preoccupied.
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  • We will not be offended if you decide you'd rather own Rue McClanahan's doodle, possibly the final work of the late lamented Dom Deluise, or the doodle that proves once and for all that Matthew Perry made the right choice to become an actor rather than an artist.
  • The doodle was the new factor in the equation, the thing unknown to the Patrol, to Coralon, and to Barnaby. —  Analog February, 1971
  • At least the doodle was giving him something to do other than pace helplessly while waiting for the air to whoosh away, or for the ship to self-destruct, or for the pirates to be defeated so that he could be carted on to prison. —  Analog February, 1971
  • The idea behind this doodle is plain enough to have been around before, and indeed it was. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • I have seen some pretty elaborate doodlers and maintain that if the doodle is more of a drawing, then the person would be distracted. —  About.com Longevity
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. English dialectal, to fritter away time, perhaps from doodle, fool; see doodlebug.

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  1. = Scots doudle; perhaps a variant of daddle, dawdle, q. v.
  2. Prob. supposed to be imitative, but in fact due to the comp. doodlesack, q. v.
 

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