1
: a food paste made usually with egg and shaped typically in ribbon form
2
: a buoyant, flexible cylinder of polyethylene foam used as an aid in swimming or staying afloat in water
Grasp the pool noodle with hands about shoulder-width apart, then extend arms straight out in front of you on the water's surface …—
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noodled; noodling
ˈnüd-liŋ,
ˈnü-dᵊl-iŋ
: to improvise on an instrument in an informal or desultory manner
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of noodle in a Sentence
Noun (1)
come in out of the rain, you silly noodle
since he's almost seven feet tall, it shouldn't be too difficult to spot his noodle in this crowd
Verb
He was just noodling around on the guitar.
It's a thought I've been noodling around with for some time.
Recent Examples on the WebRachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
The cloudy cooking water contains starch released from the noodles, and it can be used for more than just pasta sauces.
—Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
Once customers choose their preferred broth, a Honeybee Boba staff member will cook the noodles and customers can then add their preferred toppings.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
For starch, diners can add udon noodles, vermicelli, tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes) and — perhaps most intriguingly — chicken-schmalz rice.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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Noun
The nonchalant eatery right by the Historic Chinatown Gate also serves stir-fries, noodles, and chow mein on top of a wide variety of dumplings.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
The cloudy cooking water contains starch released from the noodles, and it can be used for more than just pasta sauces.
—Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
Once customers choose their preferred broth, a Honeybee Boba staff member will cook the noodles and customers can then add their preferred toppings.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
For starch, diners can add udon noodles, vermicelli, tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes) and — perhaps most intriguingly — chicken-schmalz rice.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for noodle
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“Noodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noodle. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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