Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A great amount or number.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Abundance; a large quantity.
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- noun
Lots ; anunspecified large number ,quantity , oramount .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large number or amount
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Candidates can run against these guys and gain oodles of support — I know Connie had lots of people who quite agreed with her stances on important state issues — but it doesn’t matter, because they’re functionally running for a completely different seat than these guys are perceived to occupy.
Waldo Jaquith - How not to unseat Virgil Goode: The Hummer story. 2008
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N.C., ranch-style house, surrounded by 11,000 research volumes (among them a sizable collection on witchcraft), "oodles" of never-worn dress-up clothes and six cats, who have a suite all to themselves ( "To Fuzzy," reads one book dedication to a passed-away pet, "who smiled at adversity").
Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary 2010
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Anyway, my theory is this: the kind of holiday shopper you are says oodles about the kind of person you are (that's right people, I said "oodles").
The Debutante Ball 2009
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He defended the LNP against Ms Bligh's claim it had no policies, saying he would be releasing "oodles" of policy announcements before next year's election.
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This was also nearly as many years before a gang of buffoons populating the Jersey Shore (which premieres a new season this week and not one cast member still has any sense) would forever equate the state with GTL (gym, tan and laundry) as well as oodles of sex, alcohol and bad dancing.
Michele Weldon: Happy Good Idea Year Michele Weldon 2012
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This was also nearly as many years before a gang of buffoons populating the Jersey Shore (which premieres a new season this week and not one cast member still has any sense) would forever equate the state with GTL (gym, tan and laundry) as well as oodles of sex, alcohol and bad dancing.
Michele Weldon: Happy Good Idea Year Michele Weldon 2012
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Lambert can sing, he does have experience in the theatre, and he has oodles of charisma.
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Wow,, maybe I need to start giving speeches about nothing~ and make oodles of $$ for doing so!
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Same goes for the return of Amy Winehouse, The Strokes, No Doubt, and oodles of others.
Taking sides: Happy new fears! Our biggest pop anxieties for 2011 Click Track 2011
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This was also nearly as many years before a gang of buffoons populating the Jersey Shore (which premieres a new season this week and not one cast member still has any sense) would forever equate the state with GTL (gym, tan and laundry) as well as oodles of sex, alcohol and bad dancing.
Michele Weldon: Happy Good Idea Year Michele Weldon 2012
yarb commented on the word oodles
"Okay, peanut, take it easy," said Charles. "There's still oodles of time till he gets home."
- William Steig, The Toy Brother
September 14, 2008