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noun

• (usually in the plural) a string or strip of pasta

  Example: She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.

• A person with poor judgement; a fool

• The brain, the head

• A pool noodle

verb

• To think or ponder.

  Example: "Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.

• To fiddle, play with, or mess around.

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

• To improvise music.

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

• To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body

  Example: Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river.

• To fossick, especially for opals.