as in played
to spend time in aimless activity
I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling
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Recent Examples of doodled
With only three healthy wide receivers active and one fewer day to prepare for a game 5,280 feet above sea level, Brady’s next play sheet might resemble the stick-figure Bills logo Josh Allen famously doodled as a rookie.
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
And Sergio Aragonés’ wordless cartoons were doodled in the margins of the pages.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
Tim Graham, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
And Sergio Aragonés’ wordless cartoons were doodled in the margins of the pages.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doodled
played
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Every one of the NFL’s 32 teams has played a regular-season game outside the United States and is signed up to the league’s Global Markets Program.—
Tom Chitty,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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Savolainen played a huge role in Finland’s historic run in the 2019 hockey women’s world championship, in which the country made it to the final against the United States who, along with Canada, had previously dominated the competition and its gold medal matches.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Doodled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodled. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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