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Words with multiple meanings

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noodle


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PRONUNCIATION:

(NOOD-l)

MEANING:

noun:	1. A long narrow strip of dough, usually cooked by boiling.
	2. The head.
	3. A fool; a simpleton.
verb intr.:	1. To improvise on an instrument in a haphazard or casual way.
	2. To muse, improvise, experiment, or play around.
	3. To catch or try to catch fish, especially catfish, by hand.

ETYMOLOGY:

For noun 1: From German Nudel (noodle).
For noun 2-3: Perhaps an alteration of noddle (head).
For verb 1-2: Perhaps imitative.
For verb 3: Origin unknown.
Earliest documented use: 1720.
Also see noodly.

NOTES:

If a fool eats pasta while playing jazz with one hand while trying to catch a catfish by the other hand what is he doing?

USAGE:

“The puppet success during the pandemic took Margolis back to an idea that had been developing in his noodle.”
Dan Rodricks; Children Need to See Fewer Guns, More Puppets; The Baltimore Sun (Maryland); Jun 24, 2022.

“The kid who once noodled around making things has now won the $30,000 Rigg Design Prize at the National Gallery of Victoria.”
Sonia Harford; House and Home Inspire Rigg Design Prize Winner; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Sep 18, 2015.

See more usage examples of noodle in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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