| Main Entry: | doodle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw casually |
Synonyms: |
draw, fiddle, putter, scribble, tinker, trifle |
| Main Entry: | fiddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess with, tinker |
Synonyms: |
dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, twiddle |
| Main Entry: | goof off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid work |
Synonyms: |
bum around, coast, diddle, dog it, doodle, drag one's feet, featherbed, fiddle around, fluff off, fool around, hang around, hang out, horse around, lollygag, mess around, monkey around, putz around, screw off, shirk, slack, take it easy |
| Main Entry: | mess around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle; goof off |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself, dabble, dawdle, doodle, fool around, loiter, muck around, play, play around, play the fool, potter, puddle, putter, tinker, trifle |
Antonyms: |
labor, toil, work |
| Main Entry: | putter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle |
Synonyms: |
doodle, fiddle, fritter, goof around, loiter, mess, mess around, niggle, poke*, potter, puddle, shuffle around, tinker |
Antonyms: |
execute |
| Main Entry: | scrawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write erratically |
Synonyms: |
doodle, inscribe, scrabble, scratch, scribble, squiggle |
| Main Entry: | scribble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write illegibly |
Synonyms: |
doodle, jot, scratch, scrawl, squiggle, write badly, write erratically |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw, outline |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, blueprint*, chalk, characterize, chart, delineate, depict, describe, design, detail, develop, diagram, doodle, draft, lay out, line, map out, paint, plan, plot, portray, represent, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, trace |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |
| Main Entry: | tinker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle with |
Synonyms: |
dabble, doodle, fix, mess with, mess*, monkey*, muck about, niggle, play, play with, puddle, putter, repair, take apart, toy, trifle with |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, fritter, futz around, horse around, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess with, misuse, monkey, monkey with, palter, philander, play, play games with, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at |