doddle
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɒdl̩/ / /ˈdɑd(ə)l/
noun
- A hornless animal; a pollard or doddy.
verb
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from dialectal English doddle (“to toddle; sway; nod drowsily”).
- To dodder.
“[…] a doddling old grandfather to act as sheep-dog, as a toothless, barkless, harmless guardian.”
- Misspelling of dawdle.
“Usually we doddled, stopping to flush quail or dove for dinner, skeet-shooting our beer bottles, and watering the cacti.”