English
Etymology
L. nodus, knot, via German Nudel (noodle).
Pronunciation
IPA|/nu�dl/, SAMPA|/nu:dl/
audio|en-us-noodle.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�d�l|-u�d�l
Noun
en-noun
- context|usually in plural A string or strip of pasta, especially as used in Chinese food.
#: Although "spaghetti" is considered to be Italian, Marco Polo brought the noodle back from the far East (specifically, Beijing.)
- colloquial A person with poor judgement; a fool.
- colloquial The brain.
Derived terms
noodle bar
egg noodle
Translations
trans-top|string or strip of pasta
Chinese: t-|cmn|麵�|scHani|xsMandarin, t-|cmn|��|scHani|xsMandarin (mià ntiáo)
Dutch: t|nl|noedel|m
Finnish: t-|fi|nuudeli
French: t|fr|nouille|f
German: t+|de|Nudel f (1,2)
Italian: (string) t-|it|taglierino|m, (strip) t-|it|tagliatella|f
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|����|scJpan(nūdoru), t-|ja|麺|scJpan (��,men)
Korean: t-|ko|êµì��|sc=Hang
Russian: t|ru|лап�а|sc=Cyrl|f
Serbian: rezanac m
Slovak: t|sk|slÞ m, rezanec m
Spanish: t|es|tallarÃn|m, t+|es|fideo|m
Swedish: t|sv|nudel|c
Tamil: (ந�ல��) nooladai
trans-bottom
fool<br/>
See fool
Verb
en-verb|noodles|noodling|noodled
wikipedia|Noodling
- context|fishing To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
#: Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river.
- To think or ponder.
#:He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
- To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
#:If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
- To improvise music.
#:He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
See also
pasta
spaghetti
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