noodle around

[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.

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Noodle around is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Verb phrase

noodle around, Informal. to play, experiment, or improvise.

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; origin uncertain

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