Doodling vs. Noodling — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Doodling and Noodling
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Doodling
To draw or sketch aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.
Noodling
Noodling is fishing for catfish using one's bare hands, and is practiced primarily in the southern United States. The noodler places their hand inside a discovered catfish hole in order to catch the fish.
Doodling
To kill time; dawdle.
Noodling
To improvise music on an instrument in an idle, haphazard fashion.
Doodling
To draw (figures) while preoccupied.
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Noodling
To catch or try to catch a fish, usually a catfish, by hand, characteristically by allowing the fish to bite one's hand or placing one's hand in the fish's mouth, and then grabbing the fish by the mouth or through the gills.
Doodling
A figure or design drawn or written absent-mindedly.
Noodling
(uncountable) The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
Doodling
Present participle of doodle
Noodling
(countable) Musical improvisation.
Doodling
Something doodled; a careless sketch.
Noodling
Present participle of noodle
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