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Noddle vs. Noodle — What's the Difference?

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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