noodled

Verb (1)

noodle (third-person singular simple present noodles, present participle noodling, simple past and past participle noodled)

1. (informal, obsolete, transitive) To fool or trick (someone).

   Synonyms:

   dupe

2. (UK, dialectal, informal, intransitive) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.

Verb (2)

noodle (third-person singular simple present noodles, present participle noodling, simple past and past participle noodled)

1. (Shetland, ambitransitive, informal, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.

Verb (3)

noodle (third-person singular simple present noodles, present participle noodling, simple past and past participle noodled)

1. (informal, transitive, chiefly jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
2. (US, informal, transitive) To ponder or think about (something).
   • “Noodle that thought around for a while,” said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class.

   Synonyms:

   mull over

3. (informal, intransitive, chiefly jazz) To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
   • He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.

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