noodlenoun
uk/ˈnuː.dəl/us/ˈnuː.dəl/noodle noun (FOOD)
[ C usually plural ] a food in the form of long, thin strips made from flour or rice, water, and often egg, cooked in boiling liquid:
egg/rice noodles
instant/crispy noodles
chicken noodle soup
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Pasta
- angel hair
- cannelloni
- fusilli
- gnocchi
- lasagne
- linguine
- macaroni
- pasta
- penne
- ravioli
- rigatoni
- spaghetti
- tagliatelle
- tortellini
- udon
- vermicelli
noodle noun (HEAD)
[ C ] US old-fashioned informal UK noddle the head or brain of a person:
Did that hit you on the noodle?
Use your noodle - clear the shelves before you paint the cupboard!
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The head
- basilar
- brachiocephalic
- capitis
- cephalic
- coronal
- crown
- head
- noddle
- noggin
- nut
- occipital
- occipitalis
- occiput
- scalenes
- scalenus
- skull
- sternocleidomastoid
- suboccipital
- tonsure
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Mind and personality
noodleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈnuː.dəl/us/ˈnuː.dəl/US informalto play a musical instrument without giving it full or serious attention:
I just sat at the piano noodling.
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- chop
- conduct
- fiddle
- fingering
- improvisation
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- perform
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tickle the ivories idiom
- tune
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