doddle
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Definition
- Noun:
- An easy task: A job, piece of work, or activity that requires very little effort or skill to complete successfully.
Usage
- As a noun: Used to describe a task that is perceived as extremely simple or effortless. It is primarily used in informal British English.
- Common patterns: It is often used with verbs like 'be', 'seem', or 'find something'.
- The exam was a doddle.
- I thought the climb would be hard, but it was a complete doddle.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "to be a doddle": to be very easy.
- Once you know the software, creating a report is a doddle.
- "to make a doddle of something": to complete something very easily.
- Her experience made a doddle of the complex paperwork.
Variants and Related Words
- Doddle has no common verb or adjective forms. It exists almost exclusively as a noun.
Synonyms
- Breeze: Something that is very easy to do.
- Cinch: A task that is certain to be easy or successful.
- Piece of cake: An idiom meaning something is very easy.
- Walkover: An easy or uncontested victory, often extended to mean an easy task.
Antonyms
- Challenge: A task that tests one's abilities.
- Struggle: Something that requires great effort.
- Ordeal: A painful or difficult experience.
Related Idioms
- "Child's play": Something very easy to do.
- Driving an automatic car is child's play compared to a manual.
- "Like falling off a log": Extremely easy.
- For a professional chef, making an omelette is like falling off a log.