as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling
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Recent Examples of doodle
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Clicking the 2024 s'mores doodle took users to an animation of a bear, squirrel and ghost each bringing a s'mores ingredient to the fire.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Solène is left alone on the boat, doodling eyes, a woman, and a crescent moon.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Ask me to describe the doodle, then turn it into a matrix, scale, or step-by-step model with memorable labels or features.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Clicking the 2024 s'mores doodle took users to an animation of a bear, squirrel and ghost each bringing a s'mores ingredient to the fire.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Try coloring, building with blocks, or doodling beside a younger child.
—Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Solène is left alone on the boat, doodling eyes, a woman, and a crescent moon.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
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Trump played a role of his own in applying pressure.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Pratt plays Detective Chris Raven, a man who programmed an artificial intelligence called Mercy, which Los Angeles courts are using to determine guilt.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Canva/Cisco While everyone else is anxiously worrying about AI replacing jobs, Katsoudas—who leads the AI Workforce Consortium—thinks that AI could be the thing that gives workers the chance to have a longer career within a single organization.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the paintings are not just larger versions of the drawings.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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Green screens, reenactments and, in the case of the two boys, drawings, offered ways to create material while away from home.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Arquette, meanwhile, manages to make Maggie more than a caricature.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The screenplay stumbles the most when trying to render its Gen Z students, often diving too far into caricature.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After prepping your lips for the product (see above), experts recommend tracing the outline of your lips with a lip liner.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
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Generally, if an area within a national park normally closes down outside of regular business hours when a shutdown is not in effect, that area will stay closed for the duration of the shutdown, the DOI plan outlines.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dratch also continued to giggle through lines for the rest of the sketch, and her occasional pauses to get her bearings were met with joyous applause from the SNL audience.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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The New York City Police Department released a sketch of Jacob Pritchett last week, according to WABC.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This portrait became a symbol of comfort and remembrance for her family and the wider community.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ma Daisy welcomes you in, quite literally with her portrait posed with open arms, to the space and invites you to stay awhile.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Branch is a rarity in the home office space, making furniture finds that marry ergonomics with sleek, inoffensive silhouettes.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Dior, Rabanne and Lanvin alum tapped into retro silhouettes, such as broad shoulders and asymmetry.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Doodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodle. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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