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 …—
Good Housekeeping
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 WebBrady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
My pantry does have boxed mac and cheese, breakfast cereals, chips and instant noodles.
—Terence McGinley, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Egg noodles stir-fried with red bell peppers, onions broccoli and Chinese broccoli were smothered in a sumptuous garlic-chili-soy sauce along with chicken, beef or shrimp.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Nonprofit culinary program opens restaurant, launches Sunday brunch PAO's menu features a variety of small and large plate items such as Pao Pao shrimp, tuna carpaccio and lo mein mein noodles.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2024
Kung Fu Noodle For banh mi sandwiches, street food bites, stir fry noodles, sushi, rice bowls and bubble tea, head to Kung Fu Noodle in Birkdale Village.
—Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2024
Falling objects stretch out like noodles, a process astrophysicists call spaghettification.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
His gear isn’t name-brand and his trail food consists of instant noodles and granola bars.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
Lizards might have been doing the same in the Cretaceous, only taking to the water instead of becoming noodles.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 May 2024
As the mood shifts, a noodling electric guitar kicks in and the gang unconsciously assembles into poses that could be on a grunge album cover.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Cook noodles according to package directions until just al dente.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
For the ravioli, a machine presses noodles together to create rows of pasta pockets.
—Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
First, there are companies noodling on new forms of computers — like glasses, jewelry, robots or pager-like doodads that are supposedly tailored for AI.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
That dimension is that noodling is fun as hell, and challenging.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
The results can be discomfiting, as when the camera shows us two characters sitting in a parking lot through a bank window, with a teller noodling around in the foreground.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Regular lasagna noodles with wavy edges will add more texture to the final dish.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2023
Noun
Room temperature spaghetti noodles with a pesto sauce.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
My pantry does have boxed mac and cheese, breakfast cereals, chips and instant noodles.
—Terence McGinley, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Egg noodles stir-fried with red bell peppers, onions broccoli and Chinese broccoli were smothered in a sumptuous garlic-chili-soy sauce along with chicken, beef or shrimp.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Nonprofit culinary program opens restaurant, launches Sunday brunch PAO's menu features a variety of small and large plate items such as Pao Pao shrimp, tuna carpaccio and lo mein mein noodles.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2024
Kung Fu Noodle For banh mi sandwiches, street food bites, stir fry noodles, sushi, rice bowls and bubble tea, head to Kung Fu Noodle in Birkdale Village.
—Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2024
Falling objects stretch out like noodles, a process astrophysicists call spaghettification.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
His gear isn’t name-brand and his trail food consists of instant noodles and granola bars.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
Lizards might have been doing the same in the Cretaceous, only taking to the water instead of becoming noodles.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Verb
The video begins with Bass giving a poem and a bowl of ramen noodles to his husband, Michael Turchin.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 May 2024
As the mood shifts, a noodling electric guitar kicks in and the gang unconsciously assembles into poses that could be on a grunge album cover.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Cook noodles according to package directions until just al dente.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
For the ravioli, a machine presses noodles together to create rows of pasta pockets.
—Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
First, there are companies noodling on new forms of computers — like glasses, jewelry, robots or pager-like doodads that are supposedly tailored for AI.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
That dimension is that noodling is fun as hell, and challenging.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
The results can be discomfiting, as when the camera shows us two characters sitting in a parking lot through a bank window, with a teller noodling around in the foreground.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Regular lasagna noodles with wavy edges will add more texture to the final dish.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2023
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“Noodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noodle. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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