Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to noodle
Participle: noodled
Gerund: noodling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | noodle |
| you | noodle |
| he;she;it | noodles |
| we | noodle |
| you | noodle |
| they | noodle |
Perfect
| I | have noodled |
| you | have noodled |
| he;she;it | has noodled |
| we | have noodled |
| you | have noodled |
| they | have noodled |
Past
| I | noodled |
| you | noodled |
| he;she;it | noodled |
| we | noodled |
| you | noodled |
| they | noodled |
Pluperfect
| I | had noodled |
| you | had noodled |
| he;she;it | had noodled |
| we | had noodled |
| you | had noodled |
| they | had noodled |
Future
| I | will noodle |
| you | will noodle |
| he;she;it | will noodle |
| we | will noodle |
| you | will noodle |
| they | will noodle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have noodled |
| you | will have noodled |
| he;she;it | will have noodled |
| we | will have noodled |
| you | will have noodled |
| they | will have noodled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | noodle |
| you | noodle |
| he;she;it | noodle |
| we | noodle |
| you | noodle |
| they | noodle |
Perfect
| I | have noodled |
| you | have noodled |
| he;she;it | have noodled |
| we | have noodled |
| you | have noodled |
| they | have noodled |
Imperfect
| I | noodled |
| you | noodled |
| he;she;it | noodled |
| we | noodled |
| you | noodled |
| they | noodled |
Pluperfect
| I | had noodled |
| you | had noodled |
| he;she;it | had noodled |
| we | had noodled |
| you | had noodled |
| they | had noodled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would noodle |
| you | would noodle |
| he;she;it | would noodle |
| we | would noodle |
| you | would noodle |
| they | would noodle |
Perfect
| I | would have noodled |
| you | would have noodled |
| he;she;it | would have noodled |
| we | would have noodled |
| you | would have noodled |
| they | would have noodled |
Imperative
| you | noodle |
| we | Let's noodle |
| you | noodle |
Verbs conjugated like 'noodle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'noodle'
doodle,
moodle,
noddle,
noodge,
soodle,
canoodle,
coddle,
codle,
coole,
croodle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly a variant of noddle (“the head”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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“Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.
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He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
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[A]udible here and there / in the half-dark, members of an avian orchestra / are already softly noodling, limbering up for / an overture at sunrise, […] [1965, W[ystan] H[ugh] Auden, “Thanksgiving for a Habitat. The Cave of Nakedness (for Louis and Emmie Kronenberger).”, in About the House, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Random House, →OCLC, page 34:]
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We’ve learned the prospective danger of Macca [Paul McCartney] noodling around in the studio from McCartney III’s predecessors—“Wonderful Christmastime” came out of the McCartney II sessions, after all. [2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney Offers Lessons from a Legendary Life”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 16 May 2022:]
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He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.
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If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.