noodled around
l verb (used without object)
1.
to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
2.
Informal.
a.
to play; toy: to noodle with numbers as a hobby.
b.
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)
Verb phrases 3.
Informal.
a.
to manipulate or tamper with: She denied that she had noodled the statistics to get a favorable result.
b.
to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes followed by up ): The architects noodled up a model of a solar house.
4.
noodle around, Informal. to play, experiment, or improvise.
Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; origin uncertain
1935–40, Americanism; origin uncertain
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noodle1 (ˈnuːdəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (often plural) a ribbon-like strip of pasta: noodles are often served in soup or with a sauce | |
| [C18: from German Nudel, origin obscure] | |
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Noodled around
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| noodle2 (ˈnuːdəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (US), (Canadian) a slang word for head |
| 2. | a simpleton |
| [C18: perhaps a blend of | |
| noodle3 (ˈnuːdəl) | |
| —vb | |
| slang (intr) to improvise aimlessly on a musical instrument | |
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Word Origin & History
noodle
"narrow strip of dried dough," 1779, from Ger. Nudel, of unknown origin. W.Flem. noedel and Fr. nouille are Ger. loan-words. The older noun meaning "simpleton, stupid person" (1753) probably is an unrelated word, as is the slang word for "head" (attested from 1914).
noodle
"improvised music" (n.), 1926, probably from noodle (n.), on analogy of the suppleness of the food and that of the trills and improvised phrases. The verb is first attested 1937 (implied in noodling).
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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