inglese > inglese | |
noodle | |
1. subst. (usually in plural) a string or strip of pasta |  |
She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup. |  |
2. subst. (colloquial, dated) a person with poor judgement; a fool |  |
3. subst. (colloquial) the brain, the head |  |
4. subst. (colloquial) a pool noodle |  |
5. v. To think or ponder. |  |
He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision. |  |
"Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class. |  |
6. v. To fiddle, play with, or mess around. |  |
If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it. |  |
7. v. To improvise music. |  |
He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful. |  |
8. v. (fishing) To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body |  |
Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river. |  |
9. v. (Australia) To fossick, especially for opals. |  |
italiano > inglese | |
tagliatella | |
1. subst. (chiefly in the plural) noodle (pasta) |  |