doodle
verb (used with or without object)
to draw or scribble idly.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Secretary of the Navy under John Kennedy and now one of the most forceful members of Nixon's Cabinet, might have been doodling a self-portrait.
From Time Magazine Archive
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