Doddle

//ˈdɒdl̩// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple. Australia, Ireland, UK, informal

    "Centurion: Have you ever seen anyone crucified? / Matthias: Crucifixion's a doddle."

  2. 2
    A hornless animal; a pollard or doddy.
  3. 3
    an easy task wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To dodder.

    "[…] a doddling old grandfather to act as sheep-dog, as a toothless, barkless, harmless guardian."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of dawdle. alt-of, misspelling

    "Usually we doddled, stopping to flush quail or dove for dinner, skeet-shooting our beer bottles, and watering the cacti."

Synonyms

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bagatellebludgebludgebreezebreezecake

Example

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"With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't get too big for your boots: apply yourself diligently like everyone in your class."

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from dialectal English doddle (“to toddle; sway; nod drowsily”).

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