Definitions for noodle

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noodle noo·dle

Spelling: [nood-l]

IPA: /ˈnud l/

Noodle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in noodle (delnoo).

Definitions for noodle

noun

1. a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
2. Slang. the head.
3. a fool or simpleton.

Verb phrases

1. noodle around, Informal. to play, experiment, or improvise.

verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to manipulate or tamper with: to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes followed by up):

verb (used without object)

1. to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
2. Informal. to play; toy: to improvise, experiment, or think creatively:

Origin of noodle

First recorded in 1770-80, noodle is from the German word Nudel

Examples for noodle

The question surrounding the noodle recedes, replaced by new ones: What makes a marriage?

Put a noodle over him and that noodle's life will be a burden.

Helen, go after him—do anything—anything—to make the noodle understand.

Her belly is full, but the case of the noodle remains unsatisfyingly open.

This silly French noodle is going to get the things in spite of us.

Early arrival is essential unless you enjoy waiting 20 minutes for noodle soup.

“Feel my noodle,” he says as he lowers a forkful onto her face.

But imagine if those kindergarten children began to insist that their noodle art was the absolute, perfect truth!

Just you get it into your noodle that I mean to be quite free.

He is a kind of softie—all alive on one side of his brain, and a noodle on the other.