droodle

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/ˈdɹuː.dəl/

noun

A simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is challenged to identify the picture in the manner of a riddle.

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Meanings

noundroodle (plural droodles)

plural droodles

  1. A simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is challenged to identify the picture in the manner of a riddle.
verbdroodle (third-person singular simple present droodles, present participle droodling, simple past and past participle droodled)

present singular third person droodles · participle present droodling · participle past droodled · past droodled

  1. To draw a droodle.

Origin

Blend of drawing + doodle; coined by Roger Price, who published a book of them in 1953.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with droodle

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Anagrams

doodler
Cite this entry
APA

droodle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droodle

MLA

“droodle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droodle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “droodle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droodle.

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