doodle
To draw or scribble aimlesslyTo draw or scribble aimlessly.
» Tom was doodling on some paper.
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3 senses(ambitransitive)To draw or scribble aimlessly.
The bored student doodled a submarine in his notebook.
kritzeln
чиркатьčirkatʹ
make a doodle; draw aimlessly
(intransitive)To engage in something non-seriously; fiddle.
(Scotland)To drone like a bagpipe.
Examples
24 sentencesTom was doodling on some paper.
Tom doodled on a piece of paper as he talked to Mary.
deTom kritzelte auf einem Blatt Papier herum, während er mit Maria sprach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I saw Tom doodling.
I'm just doodling.
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Кукуріку! — deniko
ruКу-ка-ре-ку! — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Originally dialectal, from Low German dudeldopp (“simpleton”). Influenced by dawdle. CompaOriginally dialectal, from Low German dudeldopp (“simpleton”). Influenced by dawdle. Compare also German dudeln (“to play (the bagpipe)”).
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Forms
doodles, doodling, doodled, doodledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.