: an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch
also
: a minor work
Examples of doodle in a Sentence
Verb
She doodled in her notebook instead of taking notes.
I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
For people who are just reading or doodling or watching TV, or for a kid who needs something basic but reliable for games and school and chatting?
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Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Gone are adorable doodles of pigs with overly curly tails.
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Verb
The art of getting distracted in class was almost entirely analog — writing and passing notes, doodling in notebooks or textbooks, whispering or signaling to friends, throwing pencils up into those porous ceiling tiles.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
For people who are just reading or doodling or watching TV, or for a kid who needs something basic but reliable for games and school and chatting?
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
Art is everywhere in food, from doodles on condiment packaging to watercolors on plates and tea towels.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Gone are adorable doodles of pigs with overly curly tails.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Doodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doodle. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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