noodle

noun

ˈnü-dᵊl How to pronounce noodle (audio)
Definition of noodlenext
1
as in idiot
a stupid person come in out of the rain, you silly noodle

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2
as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth since he's almost seven feet tall, it shouldn't be too difficult to spot his noodle in this crowd

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noodle
  1. moron
  2. head
  3. stupid
  4. skull
  5. loser
  6. bean
  7. dip
  8. noddle
Noun
  • The unlikely source is Enervate’s company stooge corporate strategist, Ken Davies (Tim Key), a moron by any measure.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
  • God help us all if some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • Rooms While many Los Angeles hotels lean into palm trees and poolside glamour, Moxy heads for the desert.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • For Rebeca Aguilar, head of international distribution at Movistar Plus, co-productions offer more than financial backing.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of head
Noun
  • My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of stupid
Noun
  • The grisly discovery of a human skull got even more mysterious when searchers in western North Carolina failed to locate additional bones.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutor Chryso Perganti said that the boy was pronounced dead in hospital a couple of hours after his fall, suffering multiple skull and bone fractures and damage to his vital organs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of skull
Noun
  • In many of life’s winner-loser outcomes, the fate of the losers is all but inevitable, granted the values, resources and determination of the winners.
    — James Coffin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Gaskell noted that a relatively small number of active losers account for a substantial amount of sportsbooks’ revenue.
    — ProPublica, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of loser
Noun
  • Start with a can of beans, then choose your own adventure from there.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Sodium reduction stays foundational, but potassium, abundant in bananas, potatoes, beans, spinach and yogurt, is likely to appear more prominently in guidelines, apps and food-tracking tools.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of bean
Noun
  • Nature Morte remained consistently successful, despite a dip in Europe’s economic fortune in the 2010s that saw Nagy turn to India, whose art scene was now burgeoning, for a large portion of sales.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In this case, for instance, Rabtsevich noticed the dips in TIC 4206066's light in 2018 tended to align with moments where TESS fired its thrusters, which may have skewed the results.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of dip
Noun
  • For a fun sweet-and-salty spin, swap the chow mein noddles for an equal amount of potato sticks.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The menu features noddle dishes and other traditional Chinese food items with a Midwest twist.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Definition of noddle
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