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Pronunciation / Transliteration: rakugaki
"彼は退屈な講義中ノートに落書きをした。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An unfocused or absent-minded drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied.
"Her notebook was filled with intricate doodles drawn during long phone calls."
- 1
To draw absent-mindedly, typically when one is bored or preoccupied.
"He tended to doodle in the margins of his textbook during history lectures."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the early 17th century, the word likely derives from the German 'Dudeltopf' or 'Dudeldop', meaning a simpleton or noodle. By the early 18th century, it acquired the meaning of a fool or trifler, famously seen in 'Yankee Doodle', before evolving into its modern verbal sense in the 19th century to describe absent-minded sketching.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Doodle"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Doodle" is said worldwide
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gribouillage
Transliteration: gribouillage
"Il fait des gribouillages sur son cahier pendant la réunion."
Kritzelei
Transliteration: Kritzelei
"Ihr Heft ist voller kleine Kritzeleien."
scarabocchio
Transliteration: scarabocchio
"Faceva strani scarabocchi mentre ascoltava la conferenza."
garabato
Transliteration: garabato
"El margen del papel estaba lleno de garabatos."
rabisco
Transliteration: rabisco
"Ele fez vários rabicos no caderno durante a aula."
बेतरतीब चित्रकारी
Transliteration: betartib chitrakari
"मीटिंग के दौरान वह अपनी डायरी में बेतरतीब चित्रकारी कर रही थी।"
涂鸦
Transliteration: túyā
"他在开会时无聊地在纸上涂鸦。"
낙서
Transliteration: nakseo
"그녀는 통화 중에 공책에 낙서를 했다."
落書き
Transliteration: rakugaki
"彼は退屈な講義中ノートに落書きをした。"
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