Noddle vs. Noodle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Noddle and Noodle
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Noddle
The head.
Noodle
Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut, stretched or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles can be refrigerated for short-term storage or dried and stored for future use.
Noddle
(intransitive) To nod repeatedly.
Noodle
A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water.
Noddle
The head; also, noodle; - used jocosely or contemptuously.
Come, master, I have a project in my noddle.
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Noodle
The human head.
Noddle
The back part of the head or neck.
For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken.
Noodle
A weak, foolish, or stupid person.
Noddle
An informal British expression for head or mind;
Use your noddle
Noodle
To improvise music on an instrument in an idle, haphazard fashion.
Noodle
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.
Noodle
A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.
Noodle
(by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
Noodle
(informal) toy]] in swimming pools
Noodle
(archaic) A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
Noodle
(dated) A person with poor judgment; a fool.
Noodle
(slang) The brain; the head.
Noodle
An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
Noodle
To fool or trick (someone).
Noodle
To engage in frivolous behaviour; to fool around or waste time.
Noodle
To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
Noodle
(transitive)
Noodle
To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
Noodle
To ponder or think about (something).
Mull over
“Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
Noodle
(intransitive)
Noodle
To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
Noodle
(transitive)
Noodle
To search (waste]]) for opals.
Noodle
To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
Noodle
To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
Noodle
(intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
Noodle
To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling flathead in the river.
Noodle
A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
The chuckling grin of noodles.
Noodle
The head; also, noddle; - used jocosely or contemptuously; as, use your noodle.
Noodle
A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
Noodle
A ribbonlike strip of pasta
Noodle
Informal terms for a human head
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