Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of doodle
noundoodling (plural doodlings)
plural doodlings
- Something doodled; a careless sketch.
So the persistent researcher may still track down at least a few of Wilde’s own annotations and doodlings and wine stains and broken spines, parsing them for whatever they may reveal.
2009 August 9, Michael Shae, “Wilde’s Library”, in New York TimesSynonyms: doodle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething doodled; a careless sketch.
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