noodle

Definitions

1. A person with poor judgment; a fool.
   dated, informal
2. An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
   informal
3. 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.
   plural-normally
4. An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
   broadly
5. The brain; the head.
   informal, slang
6. Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis, informal
7. A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
   archaic
8. The penis.
   slang
9. A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
   slang
10. A borzoi dog.
    Internet, endearing, humorous

Equivalents

49 more languages

العربيةالمعكرونةشَعْرِيَّةنُودَلْز

Azərbaycan diliəriştə

Беларускаялокшына

Българскиюфка

བོད་སྐད།ཕིང

BosanskiBaškamirezanacрезанацтестенина+ 2 more

Catalàfideu

Češtinanudle

Dansknudel

Ελληνικάμανέστρα

Esperantonudelo

فارسیاگرارشتهلخشک

Suominuudelirimputellarimputtaarimputtelu+ 1 more

Gàidhlignùdail

עבריתאטריה

HrvatskiBaškamirezanacрезанацтестенина+ 2 more

Magyarnudlitészta

Հայերենարիշտալապշա

Bahasa Indonesiami

Íslenskanúðla

Italianofettuccinanoodlenudolinotagliatellataglierinotagliolino+ 3 more

日本語ヌードル麺麺類

Қазақ тілікеспе

ភាសាខ្មែរគុយទាវមី

한국어국수누들면

Kurdîbûneriştemîmi+ 1 more

Кыргызчакесме

Latinacollyra

LëtzebuergeschNuddel

ລາວໝີ່ເຝີ

Te Reo Māorikihu

Македонскитестенина

Монголгоймонгурил

Bahasa Melayumi

မြန်မာခေါက်ဆွဲ

Nederlandsnoedel

Polskibaśkakluskinudle

Portuguêsmiojotalharim

Русскийлапшамакароны

Slovenčinarezanecsliz

Gagana Samoalialia

СрпскиBaškamirezanacрезанацтестенина+ 2 more

Svenskanudel

ไทยก๋วยเตี๋ยวบะหมี่หมี

Türkmençeakmak

Tagalogluglog

Türkçeerişteşehriyeseriye

Українськалапшало́кшина

Tiếng Việtbanhbùnmì sợimiến+ 1 more

Examples

“She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.”

“She is cooking noodles for dinner.”

“He settled for the noodles and then after watching The Jungle Book twice on video it was time for beddy-bys.”

“One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.”

“Laura told me the names of all the actors and actreſſes as they preſented themſelves; and, not contented vvith this, the ſatyrical baggage deſcrib'd their characters nicely, as they appeared. "This here (ſaid ſhe) is a noodle—That fellovv is a brute:[…]."”

“You vvrong me, noodle (boxes his ears). Novv then to the point⟳.”

“[T]hou would'st fling⟳ thy cuckoldy steeple-hat one way, and that bloodthirsty long-sword another, and trip⟳ like⟳ the noodles of Hogs-Norton, when the pigs play⟳ on the organ.”

“[A] long and hopeless career in your profession, the chuckling grin of noodles, the sarcastic leer of the genuine political rogue— […] these were the penalties exacted for liberality of opinion at that period; and not only was there no pay⟳, but there were many stripes.”

“If that portrait could speak⟳, sir,— […] it would testify, that a long period has elapsed since I first habitually addressed it as the picture of a Noodle. Nothing that a Noodle does, can awaken surprise⟳ or indignation; the proceedings of a Noodle can only inspire⟳ contempt.”

“"What are you two noodleth laughing at?" Norrie went on, with a touch⟳ of indignation. "Ithn't the thenthe of thent in hith nothe?"”

“[W]hat appears to at first glance⟳ to be a thinking problem can be a problem with sight or hearing. […] There's nothing wrong with your noodle; it's your sensory equipment that needs a bit of help⟳. Learn⟳ to compensate.”

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