Doodle
A doodle is a drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a “scribble”.
Doodling and scribbling are most often associated with young children and toddlers, because their lack of hand–eye coordination and lower mental development often make it very difficult for any young child to keep their coloring attempts within the line art of the subject. Despite this, it is not uncommon to see such behaviour with adults, in which case it is generally done jovially, out of boredom.
Typical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks, often in the margins, drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available.
Popular kinds of doodles include cartoon versions of teachers or companions in a school, famous TV or comic characters, invented fictional beings, landscapes, geometric shapes, patterns, textures, or phallic scenes.
Sketch (verb)
To make a brief, basic drawing.
“I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.”
Sketch (verb)
To describe briefly and with very few details.
“He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.”
Sketch (noun)
A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
Sketch (noun)
A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
Sketch (noun)
A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
Sketch (noun)
A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit
Sketch (noun)
a brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano
Sketch (noun)
An amusing person.
Sketch (noun)
A lookout; vigilant watch for something.
“to keep sketch”
Sketch (noun)
A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.
Sketch (noun)
A category together with a set of limit cones and a set of colimit cones.
Sketch (adjective)
Sketchy, shady, questionable.
Doodle (noun)
A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
Doodle (noun)
A small mindless sketch, etc.
Doodle (noun)
Penis.
Doodle (verb)
To draw or scribble aimlessly.
“The bored student doodled a submarine in his notebook.”
Doodle (verb)
To drone like a bagpipe.
Sketch (noun)
a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture
“a charcoal sketch”
Sketch (noun)
a brief written or spoken account or description, giving only basic details
“a biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway”
Sketch (noun)
a rough or unfinished version of any creative work
“you can see how the first movement evolved from the composer’s sketches”
Sketch (noun)
a short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a revue or comedy programme
“a hilarious sketch for their latest BBC series”
Sketch (noun)
a comical or amusing person or thing.
Sketch (verb)
make a rough drawing of
“Jeanne sketched and painted whenever she had the time”
“as they talked, Modigliani began to sketch her”
Sketch (verb)
give a brief account or general outline of something
“they sketched out the prosecution case”
Sketch (verb)
perform (a gesture) with one’s hands or body
“he sketched a graceful bow in her direction”
Doodle (verb)
scribble absent-mindedly
“he was only doodling in the margin”
Doodle (noun)
a rough drawing made absent-mindedly
“the text was interspersed with doodles”