doddle

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒdl̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑd(ə)l/ Rhymes: -ɒdəl Homophone: dawdle (cot–caught merger) Hyphenation: dod‧dle === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Possibly from dialectal English doddle (“to toddle, to sway, to nod drowsily”). ==== Noun ==== doddle (plural doddles) (UK, Ireland, Australia, informal) A job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:easy thing 1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz, "Strangler's Wood", Midsomer Murders: [Dr Bullard]'s on his hols. I'm standing in. Anyway, this one's a doddle. Death by strangulation, about five or six days ago at a guess. ===== Alternative forms ===== dawdle ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== doddle (third-person singular simple present doddles, present participle doddling, simple past and past participle doddled) To dodder. Misspelling of dawdle. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== doddle (plural doddles) A hornless animal; a pollard or doddy. === See also === doodle