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Definitions for Noodle

[1] a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
[2] Slang . the head.
[3] a fool or simpleton.
[4] to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
[5] Informal . to play; toy: to noodle with numbers as a hobby. to improvise, experiment, or think creatively: The writers noodled for a week and came up with a better idea for the ad campaign.
[6] Informal . to manipulate or tamper with: She denied that she had noodled the statistics to get a favorable result. to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes followed by up ): The architects noodled up a model of a solar house.
[7] noodle around , Informal . to play, experiment, or improvise.
[8] (often plural) a ribbon-like strip of pasta: noodles are often served in soup or with a sauce
[9] US and Canadian a slang word for head (def. 1)
[10] a simpleton
[11] (intr) slang to improvise aimlessly on a musical instrument

Words related to Noodle

coconut, belfry, upstairs, skull, attic, crown, dome, cranium, brain, noggin, scalp, pate, poll, noddle, thinker

Words nearby Noodle

nonwoven, nonyl alcohol, nonzero, noob, noodge, noodle, noodlehead, noodling, noogie, noogoora burr, nooit

Origin of Noodle

3An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; origin uncertain

Word origin for Noodle

C18: perhaps a blend of noddle 1 and noodle 1

Synonyms for Noodle

coconut, attic, belfry, brain, cranium, crown, dome, noddle, noggin, pate, poll, scalp, skull, thinker, upstairs, gray matter, think tank, top story, upper story