Definition

1. 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.

Noun

1. an easy task