| Engels > Nederlands |
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| noodle |
| 1. noedel |
| Engels > Engels |
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| noodle |
| 1. n. (usually in plural) a string or strip of pasta |
| She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup. |
| 2. n. (colloquial, dated) a person with poor judgement; a fool |
| 3. n. (colloquial) the brain, the head |
| 4. n. (colloquial) a pool noodle |
| 5. v. To think or ponder. |
| He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision. |
| "Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class. |
| 6. v. To fiddle, play with, or mess around. |
| If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it. |
| 7. v. To improvise music. |
| He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful. |
| 8. v. (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. |
| 9. v. (Australia) To fossick, especially for opals. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| noedel |
| 1. n-m. noodle, especially a type from (East) Asian cuisine but sometimes also referring to those of different origin such as pasta |
