doddle

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doddle

(ˈdɒdəl)
n
informal Brit something easily accomplished
[C20: perhaps from dodder (vb) to totter]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.doddle - an easy task
child's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, pushover, breeze, walkover, picnic, snap - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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doddle

noun (Brit. informal) piece of cake, picnic (informal), child's play (informal), pushover (slang) (informal), no sweat (slang), cinch (slang), cakewalk (informal), money for old rope, bludge (Austral. & N.Z. informal) Running the association should be a doddle.
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Translations
lavoro facile

doddle

[ˈdɒdl] N it's a doddle (Brit) → es pan comido, está chupado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

doddle

[ˈdɒdəl] n
to be a doddle → être simple comme bonjour, être du gâteau
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doddle

n (Brit inf) it was a doddle → es war ein Kinderspiel
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doddle

[ˈdɒd/əl] n (Brit) (fam) it's a doddle → è un gioco da ragazzi
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