noodles

noun

plural of noodle
1
as in idiots
a stupid person come in out of the rain, you silly noodle

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2
as in heads
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 noodles Toss the noodles with the sauce, and cook for approximately 1 minute, allowing the noodles to absorb some of the sauce. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Things to do 🧑‍🍳Famous chef Roy Choi traverses Los Angeles for lobster noodles and spicy tofu. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The original also requires two boxes of lasagna noodles to create six layers of pasta. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 The subterranean restaurant serves up some of the city’s most sophisticated noodles, and a real summer treat is the cucumber gazpacho ramen ($22), served cold. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The seasonal cold bibim noodles, though, were perfect and chilled, as bibim-guksu should be. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 At a Target in Falls Church, Virginia, Sam Fowler and his fiancée, Lindsay Nesmith, were perusing the display of noodles, including Buldak spicy ramen. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 How to Make Zucchini Noodles The trick to making zucchini noodles is to invest in a spiralizer. — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noodles
  1. idiots
  2. heads
  3. morons
  4. beans
  5. dumbbells
  6. skulls
  7. losers
  8. domes
Noun
  • That's the continous nonsense these idiots provide to a website like OutKick.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Tallahassee lawmakers must think their constituents are idiots.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • Called convergent binocular stereo (CBS), it is designed for robotic heads whose two cameras can point toward the same location instead of remaining parallel.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Finding bodies with their heads removed, bricks in their mouths, or – as in this case – a sickle pointing at their throat, automatically earns suspicion as a vampire.
    — Mike McRae August 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • In January 2026, Betancur and his wife, Leidy Ospina, opened The ChangeBaker Place next door to the bakery, a coffee shop and patisserie featuring Colombian beans, local artwork and a tres leches latte created by barista Alexandra Pilarte.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The study did not find that adding a serving of beans to a man’s diet will cut his future cardiovascular risk by 72%, or that eating broccoli will slash a woman’s risk by 85%.
    — Paul McClure August 23, New Atlas, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of beans
Noun
  • That force can come from free weights, like dumbbells or barbells, machines, resistance bands, or gravity via your own bodyweight.
    — Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But if dumbbells aren’t your preferred method of staying fit, a tennis court still carries floodlights of an intensity Los Angeles no longer allows for matches long after dusk.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumbbells
Noun
  • All the while the fMRI churned on, peering through the dogs’ skulls into the brain below and looking for the areas that lit up as a result of the visual stimuli.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Mix up the coquette and the macabre with a light pink mug that features a pattern of both skulls and bows; opt for a shiny pink cauldron to lean into a feminine Halloween; or go for the cute figural option of a smiling ghost.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of skulls
Noun
  • Other than taxpayers, bodega owners stand to be some of the biggest losers if New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) realizes his dream of city-run grocery stores.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Amid the stresses of the Arctic, scientists are rethinking the idea that all life is a cutthroat competition with winners and losers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of losers
Noun
  • Under the state system, local governments make salt tonnage requests for individual salt storage domes.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • This fresh water aggressively dissolves the salt walls, widening the cavern and dangerously thinning the structural pillars between adjacent domes.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of domes

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“Noodles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noodles. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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