doodling
present participle ofdoodle
doodle
verb[I]
uk/ˈduː.dəl/us/ˈduː.dəl/todrawpicturesorpatternswhilethinkingabout somethingelseor when you arebored:
She'd doodled all over hertextbooks.
Painting, drawing & printing
- airbrush
- brushstroke
- brushwork
- chiaroscuro
- coloursomethingin
- describe
- engraving
- etching
- face painting
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- illustrate
- painting by numbersidiom
- pentimento
- picturize
- re-ink
- redraw
- shade
- sketch
- stroke
Examplesofdoodling
doodling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Thisdoodlingoften generates ideas and themes for her pieces.
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One pupil described the experimentation stage as 'musicaldoodling'.
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This 'experimentation' and 'doodling' focus occasionally ran into problems.
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The word "doodling" would get ink on every letter except the "lin" group, wouldn't it?
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Consider the mindlessdoodlingthat involves filling in all the closed loops on a printed page with your pen.
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Then he could enjoy five days of comparative leisure,doodlingin the studio, reading, riding, rowing, and spending the evenings with male friends.
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Thedoodlingseemed to fit.
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This was helped by our process of meeting anddoodling, followed by one or other of us drawing something up for the other to comment on or develop further.
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Donna'sdoodlingcorresponds neatly with this phase.
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The paper is covered in a series of doodlings.
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If a local authority official spends more than ten minutes on this piece of paper, he will bedoodlingto pass the time.
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I believe that it came from a member of the press who wasdoodling.
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I recall a child who produced what was thought to be scribbling anddoodlingbut which turned out to be most accurate mirror-writing, though in a rather shaky hand.
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It cannot be argued that for the past three or four years that number of people have sat in the council's officesdoodlingon their blotters.
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He learned basic art/doodlingthrough his mom and became competitive with his brother who was also good in art / drawing anime characters.
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