| Definitions | noodle
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 back from the far East (specifically, Beijing.)
- (colloquial) A person with poor judgement; a fool.
- (colloquial) The brain.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, noedel, m)
- French: (t, fr, nouille, f)
- German: Nudel f(de) (1,2)
- Italian: (string) tagliatella(it, taglierino, m, (strip) {{t-, it)f
- Spanish: (t, es, tallarín, m), fideo(es)m
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.
Etymology: nodus, knot, via German Nudel (noodle).
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