Definitions for noodles

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noodles noo·dle

Spelling: [nood-l]

IPA: /ˈnud l/

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

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in noodles (delnoos).

Definitions for noodles

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 noodles

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

Examples for noodles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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