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- [nood-l]
- /ˈnud l/
- /ˈnuː.dl̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nood-l]
- /ˈnud l/
Definitions of noodle word
- noun noodle Slang. the head. 1
- noun noodle a fool or simpleton. 1
- verb without object noodle to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise. 1
- verb without object noodle Informal. to play; toy: to noodle with numbers as a hobby. to improvise, experiment, or think creatively: The writers noodled for a week and came up with a better idea for the ad campaign. 1
- verb with object noodle Informal. to manipulate or tamper with: She denied that she had noodled the statistics to get a favorable result. to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes followed by up): The architects noodled up a model of a solar house. 1
- noun noodle Improvise or play casually on a musical instrument. 1
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Origin of noodle
First appearance:
before 1770 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1770-80, noodle is from the German word Nudel
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Parts of speech for Noodle
noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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noodle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
noodle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for noodle
verb noodle
noun noodle
- head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
- coconut — A coconut is a very large nut with a hairy shell, which has white flesh and milky juice inside it.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- belfry — The belfry of a church is the top part of its tower, where the bells are.
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
Top questions with noodle
- what do you call a fake noodle?
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