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droodle

/ˈdɹuː.dəl/

droodle 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.

droodle: a simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is...
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Noun

droodle (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.

Verb

droodle (third-person singular simple present droodles, present participle droodling, simple past and past participle droodled)

  1. To draw a droodle.

Forms of droodle

Noun
pluraldroodles
Verb
third-person singular presentdroodles
present participledroodling
past participledroodled
pastdroodled

Origin of droodle

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

Words that rhyme with droodle

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Questions about droodle

What does droodle mean?
Droodle means 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.
What part of speech is droodle?
Droodle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce droodle?
Droodle is pronounced /ˈdɹuː.dəl/.
What is the plural of droodle?
The plural of droodle is droodles.

Words near droodle in the dictionary

  1. drony
  2. Dronyk
  3. droob
  4. droobs
  5. Droodiana
  6. droodle
  7. droodles
  8. droog
  9. droogish
  10. droogs
  11. drook

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