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noodle
1[ nood-l ]
noun
- a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
noodle
2[ nood-l ]
noun
- Slang.
- the head.
- the mind.
- a fool or simpleton.
noodle
3[ nood-l ]
verb (used without object)
- to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
- Informal.
- to play; toy:
to noodle with numbers as a hobby.
- to improvise, experiment, or think creatively:
The writers noodled for a week and came up with a better idea for the ad campaign.
verb (used with object)
- Informal.
- to manipulate or tamper with:
She denied that she had noodled the statistics to get a favorable result.
- to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes followed by up ):
The architects noodled up a model of a solar house.
verb phrase
- Informal. to play, experiment, or improvise.
noodle
4[ nood-l ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to catch fish, especially catfish, with only one’s bare hands:
We watched him noodle a 62-pound flathead catfish.
Their video on how to noodle for some pretty monstrous catfish includes footage from several rivers in Oklahoma.
noodle
1/ ˈnuːdəl /
noun
- often plural a ribbon-like strip of pasta: noodles are often served in soup or with a sauce
noodle
2/ ˈnuːdəl /
noun
- a slang word for head
- a simpleton
noodle
3/ ˈnuːdəl /
verb
- slang.intr to improvise aimlessly on a musical instrument
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- noo·dler noun
- noo·dling noun
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Example Sentences
For those unfamiliar, soba is buckwheat noodle dish—and they proved much more popular amongst the public.
Early arrival is essential unless you enjoy waiting 20 minutes for noodle soup.
“Feel my noodle,” he says as he lowers a forkful onto her face.
He moved across the Pacific in 2009, and worked at three different ramen noodle shops in Japan.
The question surrounding the noodle recedes, replaced by new ones: What makes a marriage?
I recalled patches of the bright dreams filling my poor noodle when I was riding to meet her, and I smiled in derision at myself.
Oh, Mother darling, what a noodle you are not to know that it's the man who does the heart-breaking nowadays!
I don't mind McGregor; he's only a noodle at best, and the old man can afford to lose the money; but Charley's another story!
If it is desired not to follow this plan, the dough may be rolled into a thin sheet and cut into strips with a noodle cutter.
I should think he would sing since he's got a bet on it, you precious innocent, you noodle, Blinkard!'
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