Noodle

Noun

 * 1)  A string or strip of pasta, especially as used in Chinese food.
 * Although "spaghetti" is considered to be Italian, Marco Polo brought the noodle back from the Far East.
 * 1)  A person with poor judgement; a fool.
 * 2) * 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times
 * Nothing that a Noodle does, can awaken surprise or indignation; the proceedings of a Noodle can only inspire contempt.
 * 1)  The brain.

Derived terms

 * egg noodle
 * noodle bar
 * pool noodle

Verb

 * 1)  To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
 *  Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river.
 * 1) To think or ponder.
 * He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
 * "Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class
 * 1) To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
 * If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
 * 1) To improvise music.
 * He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
 * 1)  To fossick, especially for opals.
 * 2) * 1989, Association for Industrial Archaeology, Industrial archaeology review, Volume 12,
 * On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps ...
 * 1) * 1994, RonMoon, Outback Australia: a Lonely Planet Australia guide,
 * In Coober Pedy, noodling for opals is generally discouraged, although a few tourist spots, such as the Old Timers Mine, have noodle pits open to the public.
 * 1) * 2006, Marele Day, Susan Bradley Smith, Fay Knight (editors), Making Waves: 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers Festival ,
 * We learn how Lennon used to noodle (fossick) for opal as a kid, how camels were for a long time the only form of transportation, and where the name 'Coober Pedy' came from.

Derived terms

 * noodler

Thesaurus
Italian paste, bean, belfry, brain, brow, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, conk, crown, dome, dope, dumbhead, dumpling, dunderhead, encephalon, fedellini, fettuccine, gray matter, head, headpiece, knaydlach, lasagne, macaroni, matzo balls, noddle, noddy, noggin, noodles, organ of thought, pasta, paste, pate, poll, ravioli, ridge, sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory, spaetzle, spaghetti, spaghettini, stupe, vermicelli, won ton, ziti

Etymology
German Nudel (noodle), of uncertain origin.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: noedel
 * Esperanto: nudelo
 * Estonian: nuudel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: (1,2)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: metélt, nudli
 * Ido: nudelo
 * Indonesian: mi, mie
 * Italian: (string), (strip)
 * Japanese: (nūdoru),  (めん, men)
 * Javanese: bakmi, mi
 * Khmer: (gūī dtīo),  (mī)
 * Korean:


 * Lao: ເຝີ (rice), (egg)
 * Portuguese: talharim, macarrão
 * Romanian: tăiţei
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: nùdail
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak: slíž, rezanec
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: நூலடை (nooladai)
 * Thai: (gŭay-dtĭeow),  (mèe)
 * Turkish: şeriye
 * Welsh: nwdl
 * Yiddish: לוקש

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