sketch

noun

• 1a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture:a charcoal sketch
• a brief written or spoken account or description of someone or something, giving only basic details:a biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway
• a rough or unfinished version of any creative work.

• 2a short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a comedy program.

• 3 informal a comical or amusing person or thing.

verb

• make a rough drawing of:as they talked, Modigliani began to sketch her [no object]:Jeanne sketched and painted whenever she had the time
• give a brief account or general outline of:they sketched out the prosecution case
• perform (a gesture) with one’s hands or body:he sketched a graceful bow in her direction