Meaning of noodly | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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.”

CEFR level