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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Good Housekeeping
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 WebMelanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Ok Lee also breaks down the tireless ways the crew sought to create an authentic experience—like recreating tiles at a Hong Kong noodle shop in LA and swapping every single light bulb at a real night market.
—Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
Like most places in town, Al Cambio offers a seven-layer lasagna made with jade-green spinach noodles sandwiched between coats of béchamel and ragù.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
This fresh and lovely Asian noodle joint is a way of preserving splurges for another day while still giving you the opportunity to eat well.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
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Noun
Welcome to Fatty Ding’s In Monterey Park, the heart of this support system, is the shopping center known as Fatty Ding’s, named for a restaurant that closed long ago and is now a noodle shop.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Ok Lee also breaks down the tireless ways the crew sought to create an authentic experience—like recreating tiles at a Hong Kong noodle shop in LA and swapping every single light bulb at a real night market.
—Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
Like most places in town, Al Cambio offers a seven-layer lasagna made with jade-green spinach noodles sandwiched between coats of béchamel and ragù.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
This fresh and lovely Asian noodle joint is a way of preserving splurges for another day while still giving you the opportunity to eat well.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 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 6 Jun. 2024.
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