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noodlings

noodlings is the plural of noodling.

Meaning of noodling

Noun

noodling (countable and uncountable, plural noodlings)

  1. (uncountable) The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
  2. (countable) Musical improvisation.
    • Unlike Basie's increasingly repetitious piano noodlings, Young's melodic gestures had a way of staying fresh and inventive.1991, Gunther Schuller, The swing era: the development of jazz, 1930-1945

Questions about noodlings

What is noodlings the plural of?
Noodlings is the plural of noodling.

Words near noodlings in the dictionary

  1. noodlier
  2. noodliest
  3. noodliness
  4. noodling
  5. noodling up
  6. noodlings
  7. noodly
  8. noodnick
  9. noodnicks
  10. noodnik
  11. noodniks

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