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Definition of "noodle" []

  • A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. (noun)
  • Slang The human head. (noun)
  • Slang A weak, foolish, or stupid person. (noun)
  • Slang To improvise music on an instrument in an idle, haphazard fashion. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "noodle" in a sentence
  • "We started off having lunch with Amanda's editor, the charming and talented Dongwon Song, at what he described as a noodle joint for homesick expat Japanese, which had thoroughly amazing restrooms."
  • "And secondly, that one dude looks like his noodle is showing."
  • "On the surface The Eye of Jade is a classic detective fiction with lots of underworld contacts and hushed conversations in noodle bars, but underneath, Liang, who fled China after her involvement in the student protests in Tiananmen Square, is doing something much more than an examination of China old and new."