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# doodle

«doodle» in Mova's school dictionary: **verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (doodle, doodles, doodled, doodling); noun (a doodle, doodles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) verb To draw little pictures or patterns without thinking much, often while doing something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#m1)

2) noun A little drawing made like this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#m2)

3) (Google Doodle) A special changing logo on the Google page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#m3)

4) A short form of «Labradoodle» or other «-doodle» dogs (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#m4)

5) A doodle-doo is the sound a rooster makes when it crows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday school life children doodle in the margins of exercise books; teachers may not like it, but some studies say doodling can help people listen. Phrases: «doodle on», «doodle in the margin».

### examples

- I doodled stars all over my rough book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x1)
- Stop doodling and finish your sums! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x2)
- Her doodle of a cat was really cute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x3)
- Grandpa doodles while he talks on the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x4)
- Today's Google Doodle is about a famous scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x5)
- Our neighbour has a fluffy doodle called Biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x6)
- And as she went into the yard the cock cried: "Cock-a-doodle-doo! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: doodled, doodling. Countable noun. «Yankee Doodle» is an old American song; «doodle» there is an old word for a fool.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doodle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doodle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.