doodle
noun/ˈduːdəl/
Frequency rank: #9,629 most common English word
Meaning
a rough drawing made absent-mindedly or while thinking about something else.
Example sentence
During the long meeting, she kept her hands busy by drawing doodle after doodle in the margins of her notebook.
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