[ˈduːdl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- scribble absent-mindedly
(e.g: he was only doodling in the margin)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (originally as a noun denoting a fool, later as a verb in the sense ‘make a fool of, cheat’): from Low German dudeltopf, dudeldopp ‘simpleton’. Current senses date from the 1930s

[ˈduːdl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rough drawing made absent-mindedly
(e.g: the text was interspersed with doodles)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (originally as a noun denoting a fool, later as a verb in the sense ‘make a fool of, cheat’): from Low German dudeltopf, dudeldopp ‘simpleton’. Current senses date from the 1930s