Usually means: Drawing absentmindedly, often while distracted.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word doodling:

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  1. doodling: Merriam-Webster
  2. doodling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. doodling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Doodling, doodling: Wordnik
  5. doodling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. doodling: Wiktionary
  7. doodling: Dictionary.com
  8. doodling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Doodling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. doodling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (doodling)

▸ noun:  Something doodled; a careless sketch.

Similar:
doodlebug, doodlebrain, doodlehead, droodle, flap doodle, dipsy doodle, daubing, dodab, dodad, dipsy-doodle, more...

Opposite:
focused, attentive, concentrated, intentional, purposeful

Types:
scribble, scribble drawing, scribble art, more...

Phrases:
doodling but with writing, bits of aimless doodling, more...

Adjectives:
mere, idle, little, verbal, such, aimless, musical, more, mental, casual, own

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Similar:
doodlebug, doodlebrain, doodlehead, droodle, flap doodle, dipsy doodle, daubing, dodab, dodad, dipsy-doodle, more...

Opposite:
focused, attentive, concentrated, intentional, purposeful

Types:
scribble, scribble drawing, scribble art, more...

Phrases:
doodling but with writing, bits of aimless doodling, more...

Adjectives:
mere, idle, little, verbal, such, aimless, musical, more, mental, casual, own



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