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nurdle

nurdle verb: to score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.

Verb

nurdle (third-person singular simple present nurdles, present participle nurdling, simple past and past participle nurdled)

  1. To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.
  2. (conversation) To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.

Noun

nurdle (plural nurdles)

  1. Such a shot.
  2. A cylindrical pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
    • Puffins on the Isle of May are nibbling on nurdles, the little nuggets that serve as raw materials for plastics manufacturing.2015 March 27, Amanda Schupak, “Plastic pellets found in puffin tummies”, in CBS News
    • Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 11 Feb 2022, Seascape: the...
  3. A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.
    • Each company is seeking the right to depict, and to stop the other from depicting, a “nurdle,” a wave-shaped toothpaste blob that sits on a toothbrush head.2010 July 29, Jonathan Stempel, “Colgate, Glaxo sue over toothpaste "nurdle"”, in Reuters

Forms of nurdle

Verb
third-person singular presentnurdles
present participlenurdling
past participlenurdled
pastnurdled
Noun
pluralnurdles

Words that rhyme with nurdle

Questions about nurdle

What does nurdle mean?
Nurdle means to score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.
What part of speech is nurdle?
Nurdle can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of nurdle?
The past tense of nurdle is nurdled.

Words near nurdle in the dictionary

  1. NURBS
  2. Nurchen
  3. Nurchens
  4. Nurcoung
  5. nurd
  6. nurdle
  7. nurdled
  8. nurdles
  9. nurdling
  10. nurds
  11. nurdy

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