noodle
/ˈnuːdəl/
noun
- A long, thin strip of pasta made from dough, usually cooked in boiling water.
- The restaurant serves fresh egg noodles with vegetables.
- She boiled the noodles for exactly eight minutes.
- I ordered a bowl of chicken noodle soup for lunch.
- A person's head or brain, often used in informal contexts to mean intelligence or common sense.
- Use your noodle and figure out the puzzle.
- He has a good noodle for solving math problems.
- Don't just guess; think with your noodle.
verb
- To improvise or play casually, especially on a musical instrument.
- The jazz musician noodled around with a new melody.
- He spent the afternoon noodling on the guitar.
- She likes to noodle on the piano when she's bored.
- To fish for catfish using the hands, typically by reaching into underwater holes.
- Noodling is a dangerous but exciting way to fish.
- They went noodling in the river and caught a huge catfish.
- He learned how to noodle from his grandfather in Oklahoma.
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