I. ˈdüd ə l noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps from Low German dudeldopp
: a foolish or frivolous person
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
dialect : to make a fool of : cheat
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: German dudeln, from dudel bagpipe, from Czech or Polish dudy; akin to Russian dudá fife, shawm, Lithuanian daudýtė shawm
dialect Britain : to play on (the bagpipe)
IV. noun
( -s )
Etymology: short for haydoodle, perhaps from hay (II) + doodle (in cock-a-doodle-do ), euphemism for -cock (associated with cock (I) penis)
dialect : a small pile of hay in the field : haycock
V. noun
( -s )
Etymology: by shortening
: doodlebug 1
VI. verb
( doodled ; doodled ; doodling -üd( ə )liŋ ; doodles )
Etymology: perhaps from doodle (II)
intransitive verb
1. : to make a doodle
the chairman during the questioning continued to doodle with a red pencil
2. : to engage in aimless, haphazard, or inconsequential activity : dawdle , trifle , toy
acquired the habit of mental doodling that went through life with him — Florence B. Lennon
for the last six years he has been doodling at an autobiography — J.K.Hutchens
transitive verb
1. : to mark or overspread with doodles
2. : to expend in doodling
he doodled the hours away
3. : to trace in the manner of a doodle
he reread the stack of invoices and doodled dollar signs on the blank edges — David Wagoner
VII. noun
( -s )
: an aimless more or less automatic scribble, outline, design, or improvised sketch traced while one is mentally occupied with something else