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[ ood-lz ] / ˈud lz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR oodles ON THESAURUS.COM
noun (sometimes used with a singular verb)Informal.a large quantity: oodles of love; oodles of money. Origin of oodlesFirst recorded in 1865–70; origin uncertain Words nearby oodlesoo-, ooblast, oocyst, oocyte, O.O.D., oodles, oof, oogamete, oogamous, oogamy, OO gauge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for oodlesThere is charm, oodles of it, but also a steeliness about Gilkes. William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Marty was cool because he took his hideousness and, with a brilliant wit and oodles of self-knowledge, he flaunted it. Marty Feldman: Dead Cool|Simon Doonan|November 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST They have oodles of sulphur on them and I'm afraid of complications. America's War for Humanity|Thomas Herbert Russell I've been rather skimped on the last several meals, but there's oodles of grub over in the cabin.
And when I find daddy's mine and have just oodles of money, I'm going to make it up to you for working you so hard. The Gold Girl|James B. Hendryx You see, Yetta, you've made a great hit with her, and she's got oodles of money. Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards This lack of water always worried him, he said, for women always want water, and oodles of it. The Prairie Wife|Arthur Stringer
British Dictionary definitions for oodles
pl ninformal great quantitiesoodles of money Word Origin for oodlesC20: of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to oodleslots, tons, abundance, masses, scads, plenty, heaps, piles, zillions, billions, gobs, loads, thousands, millions, many |