doddle

[ dod-l ]

noun

, Chiefly British Informal.

1. something easily done, fixed, etc.:

   He was really worried about my finishing the fence repairs on my own, but it was a doddle.

doddle

/ ˈdɒdəl /

noun

1. informal.
   something easily accomplished

Word History and Origins

Origin of doddle¹

First recorded in 1935–40; of uncertain origin, perhaps from toddle ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of doddle¹

C20: perhaps from dodder (vb) to totter

Example Sentences

Veteran says D-Day was a 'doddle'

From BBC

Ladybug’s latest marching orders — delivered by his handler Maria, played by Sandra Bullock in an ennui-filled vocal performance — are to fetch a silver briefcase from an overnight train traveling from Tokyo to Kyoto, a doddle of a job that nonetheless sends Ladybug into paroxysms of self-doubt: He has begun to question his life of violence and subversion, even going so far as to leave his once-ever-present gun behind.

From Washington Post

Using a slightly different hashtag #boogalo, it was a doddle to find content linking and promoting Boogaloo content.

From BBC

After a fair bit of arm-twisting and my reassuring him that it would be a doddle, my husband agreed to cut my hair.

From The Guardian

Almost as impressive was the way Knight, working discreetly off-Broadway in Deborah Grimberg’s largely forgettable “Cycling Past the Matterhorn,” endowed a playwriting doddle with intricate layers of felt experience.

From Los Angeles Times