noodle
/nuːdl̩/
Dictionary
noun
- (usually in the plural) a string or strip of pasta
"She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup."
- A person with poor judgement; a fool
- The brain, the head
- A pool noodle
verb
- To think or ponder.
""Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class."
- To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
"If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it."
- To improvise music.
"He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful."
- To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
"Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river."
- To fossick, especially for opals.
Synonyms:guddle
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