Definition of noodling in English English dictionary
- The practice and sport of noodling (fishing for catfish using the bare hands)
- Present participle of noodle
- Musical improvisation
Unlike Basie's increasingly repetitious piano noodlings, Young's melodic gestures had a way of staying fresh and inventive.
- The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands
- noodling around
- playing with ideas creatively
- noodle
- To think or ponder
Noodle that thought around for a while said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
- noodle
- The brain
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- 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.
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- To fiddle, play with, or mess around
If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
- noodle
- A person with poor judgement; a fool
Nothing that a Noodle does, can awaken surprise or indignation; the proceedings of a Noodle can only inspire contempt.
- noodle
- To fossick, especially for opals
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.
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- 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.
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- To improvise music
He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
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- A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny
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- Noodles are long, thin, curly strips of pasta. They are used especially in Chinese and Italian cooking. a long thin piece of food made from a mixture of flour, water, and eggs, usually cooked in soup or boiling water (nudel)
- 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
- {i} piece of pasta; stupid person; head (Slang)
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- Any of a variety of thin strips of pasta made from flour, water, and sometimes egg In Japan, noodles are consumed winter or summer, hot in broth or cold in dipping sauce There are four main branches in the Japanese noodle family Soba, which translates as "nearness," is a thin noodle made from buckwheat flour, good hot or cold Chubby udon, made from wheat flour, is usually served hot, with tempura Hiyamugi is a medium-thickness wheat noodle; usually eat cold, served on a bed of ice, with fishcakes and chopped boiled eggs Somen, a very thin wheat noodle is also served cold with a dipping sauce, often with green shiso leaves, ginger and toasted sesame seeds In Japan, it's considered to be very good form to loudly slurp your noodles It's a way of telling your host you approve of the cooking
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- informal terms for a human head
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- To ride at a relatively slow, easy pace
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- A pasta made of flour, water, and egg yolks (Macaroni and spaghetti don't use egg yolks ) Noodles come in a wide variety of shapes and are used all around the world
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- A curved piece of tubing commonly used to lead the brake cable around a right-angle bend where it attaches to a direct-pull cantilever brake, such as a Shimano V-brake ® Most direct-pull brakes come with alternate noodles to accommodate left-front or right-front setup *******
