noodle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

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

2. isim An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
3. isim 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”).
4. isim A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
5. isim The penis.
6. isim A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
7. isim A borzoi dog.
8. isim A person with poor judgment; a fool.

   “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:[…]."”

9. isim The brain; the head.

   “[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.”

10. fiil To fool or trick (someone).
11. fiil To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
12. fiil To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
13. fiil To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
14. fiil To ponder or think about (something).

    ““Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.”

15. fiil To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.

    “He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.”

16. fiil To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.

    “He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.”

17. fiil To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.

    “If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.”

18. fiil Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
19. isim An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
20. fiil To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
21. fiil To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
22. fiil To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
23. fiil To search mullock for opals; to fossick.

    “On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps […]”

24. fiil To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.

    “Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling flathead in the river.”