Meaning of noodly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to noodles (the food).
2. Involving improvisation.
   informal
3. Floppy, droopy.

Equivalents

Examples

“How did he get⟳ the money? In the noodliest way in the world.”

“NOODLIER THAN THE NORMAL NOODLE SOUP”

“My preferences tend⟳ toward beef noodle, chicken noodle—the noodlier soups.”

“I got the grant and set⟳ off on a four-week tour of some of Japan’s noodliest destinations.”

“They’re spicier and more noodly.”

“If you prefer⟳ a more “noodly” texture, heat them in an ungreased skillet for a few minutes.”

“Mitchell likes to play⟳ off O’Malley’s singing, doubling her voice with noodlier versions of her melodies or playing call-and-response with little shrieks and tweets of feedback.”

“He felt the pangs intensifying, as if the noodly, repetitive sounds were some lost language he'd known but forgotten, a dialect discarded or repressed.”

“Both of those albums contained lots of what's charitably called filler--in the form⟳ of noodly hip-hop-inspired loops that never went anywhere--and it took the band five years to release⟳ the new Handcream for a Generation (Wiija/Beggars Banquet).”

“For a moment I thought he might ask⟳ me if I would sing⟳, and I was excited, and afraid of that possibility. But he said, “A little more noodly, you know⟳?[…]””

“Mark⟳ P’s distaste was perhaps understandable on at least one level: this was two different bands, the original band that had demoed ‘Friction’, ‘Prove⟳ It’, ‘Venus De Milo’ and ‘Marquee Moon’ two years earlier with Island’s Richard Williams; and the altogether noodlier outfit, whose ‘Torn Curtain’, ‘Guiding Light⟳’ and ‘Elevation’ seemed set⟳ in deliberate opposition to their original, earthier, aesthetic.”

“If the music becomes more “noodly,” why not try⟳ and trace the notes out in front of you with your fingers?”

“That’s one of our goals in improvisation, to come⟳ up with something that seems previously composed as opposed to a loose improvisation that’s more noodly.”

“They have⟳ the preeniest frontman, with his piano safely off towards the wings of the stage⟳, the prettiest drummer, the noodliest guitarist and the quietest bass player.”

“A lot of her clothes move⟳ strangely: one dress has an exaggerated, uneven bustle, upon which is layered a long skirt made of elastic, resulting in a motion that Glaum-Lathbury describes as "wiggly and noodly."”

“Posting the selfies on Instagram, where limbs are noodly or eyes are buggy, is meant to be silly, making it seem like⟳ the photographers take⟳ themselves — and social media — less seriously.”

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