moodle
moodle verb: to dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away. Also the alternative form of Moodle.
Verb (1)
moodle (third-person singular simple present moodles, present participle moodling, simple past and past participle moodled)
- To dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away.
- Over a sonata by Schubert he — well, I suppose I must not say that he moodled, or maundered, or anything of that sort.1931, Bernard Shaw, Music in London, 1890-94, page 154
- The Poet moodles (from Brenda Ueland's If You Want to Write). She fools around, meanders, and takes time for feelings and not just ideas.2002, Elijah Mirochnik, Debora Claiborne Sherman, Passion and Pedagogy, page 354
Noun capitalized: Moodle
Moodle (plural Moodles)
- Modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment.
- Many Moodles exist throughout the education sector.2010, George Veletsianos, Emerging Technologies in Distance Education, page 202
- Moodles are relatively new Web 2.0 tools, thus there is not an abundance of empirical research regarding them.2013, Kris Helge, Laura McKinnon, The Teaching Librarian: Web 2.0, Technology, and Legal Aspects, page 16
Verb (2) capitalized: Moodle
Moodle (third-person singular simple present Moodles, present participle Moodling, simple past and past participle Moodled)
- To use a Moodle, either as a teacher or as a student.
- Over the years, many teachers have developed instructional content using Moodle (anyone who Moodles is a Moodler!).2011, William N. Bender, RTI in Middle and High Schools
- Happy Moodling!2014, Jaswinder Singh, How to use Moodle 2.7, page iii
Also used as
moodle is also the alternative form of Moodle.
Forms of moodle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | moodles |
| present participle | moodling |
| past participle | moodled |
| past | moodled |
| third-person singular present | Moodles |
| present participle | Moodling |
| past participle | Moodled |
| past | Moodled |
| Noun | |
| plural | moodles |
| plural | Moodles |
| alternative form | moodle |
Origin of moodle
Unknown
Questions about moodle
- What does moodle mean?
- Moodle means to dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away.
- What part of speech is moodle?
- Moodle can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of moodle?
- The past tense of moodle is moodled.
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