Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dough formed into long and thin narrow strips, or, sometimes, into other shapes, dried, and used in soup.
- noun A simpleton.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
- noun Low A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
- noun The head; also,
noddle ; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun usually in plural A string or strip of
pasta . - noun colloquial A person with poor judgement; a
fool . - noun colloquial The
brain , thehead . - noun colloquial A
pool noodle . - verb fishing To
fish (usually for very largecatfish ) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body - verb To
think orponder . - verb To
fiddle ,play with, ormess around . - verb To
improvise music. - verb Australia To
fossick , especially foropals .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- noun informal terms for a human head
Etymologies
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Examples
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And secondly, that one dude looks like his noodle is showing.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - This photo gives me two immediate concerns. 2010
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We started off having lunch with Amanda's editor, the charming and talented Dongwon Song, at what he described as a noodle joint for homesick expat Japanese, which had thoroughly amazing restrooms.
the same four chords with different faces ashacat 2009
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What really cooks my noodle is has it always been all screwed up, or is this a new thing?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary #112: “Bad BAD Radio!!!” 2008
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On the surface The Eye of Jade is a classic detective fiction with lots of underworld contacts and hushed conversations in noodle bars, but underneath, Liang, who fled China after her involvement in the student protests in Tiananmen Square, is doing something much more than an examination of China old and new.
The Eye of Jade: Summary and book reviews of The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang. 2008
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It also had those crispy thin Japanese noodle things - you know, the ones that are used as toppings sometimes.
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It also had those crispy thin Japanese noodle things - you know, the ones that are used as toppings sometimes.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Soba (そば or 蕎麦, Soba) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour.
WN.com - Articles related to Maharashtra urged to scrap permits for grain-based distilleries 2010
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Soba (そば or 蕎麦, Soba) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour.
WN.com - Articles related to Maharashtra urged to scrap permits for grain-based distilleries 2010
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Soba (そば or 蕎麦, Soba) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour.
WN.com - Articles related to Maharashtra urged to scrap permits for grain-based distilleries 2010
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Soba (そば or 蕎麦, Soba) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour.
WN.com - Articles related to Maharashtra urged to scrap permits for grain-based distilleries 2010
treeseed commented on the word noodle
See also pool noodle
February 7, 2008