noodle

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Synonyms: doodle, noodge, poodle, noddle, moodle, boodle, noodly, toodle, oodle, woodle, snoodle

Antonyms: doodle, noodge, poodle, noddle, moodle, boodle, noodly, toodle, oodle, woodle, snoodle

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Noun

1. A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
   • She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.
   • She is cooking noodles for dinner.
2. An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1). Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
3. Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
4. A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
5. The penis.
6. A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
7. A borzoi dog.

Noun

1. A person with poor judgment; a fool.
2. The brain; the head.

Verb

1. To fool or trick (someone).
2. To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.

Verb

1. To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.

Verb

1. To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
   • “Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
2. To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
3. To ponder or think about (something).
   • “Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
4. To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
   • He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
   • He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
   • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
5. To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
   • He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
6. To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
   • He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
   • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
7. To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
   • He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
8. To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
   • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
9. Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.

Noun

1. An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.

Verb

1. To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals. To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock. To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
2. To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
3. To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
4. To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
5. To search mullock for opals; to fossick.

Verb

1. To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
   • :
   • Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling flathead in the river.

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