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wet-noodle

wet-noodle noun: wet noodle.

Noun

wet-noodle

  1. (attributive) Wet noodle.
    • As I stumbled with wet-noodle legs onto what was now the disembarkation platform, Zed remarked that I had turned “a most peculiar shade of green."2007, Rex A. Ewing, Hydrogen - Hot Stuff, Cool Science: Discover the Future of Energy, →ISBN, page 191
    • Using a narrative approach—rather than the more conventional concept-based approach to theologizing—Patrick ably guides us beyond rigid fundamentalism, wet-noodle liberalism, and technique-based ecclesiology to a kind of direct engagement with the Spirit that is as wholesome as it is...2007, Patrick Oden, It's a Dance, →ISBN, page xii

Examples of wet-noodle in a sentence

  • Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.2008, Caitlin O'Connell, The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa, →ISBN:
  • Perfectly cool because, as I swim, it keeps my body temperature cool, allowing me to “go the distance” before my body gives out from the “wet-noodle” effect of heat.2008, Jeffrey N. Gingold, Mental Sharpening Stones:
  • No matter how slimy the other Guy's wet-noodle handshake may be, never crush his hand.2013, Garland H. Green, W.P. Myers, Dan W. Hartshorn, Guy Rules, →ISBN:

Questions about wet-noodle

What does wet-noodle mean?
Wet-noodle means wet noodle.
How do you use wet-noodle in a sentence?
Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.
What part of speech is wet-noodle?
Wet-noodle is a noun.

Words near wet-noodle in the dictionary

  1. wet-look
  2. wet-mop
  3. wet-mopped
  4. wet-mopping
  5. wet-mops
  6. wet-noodle
  7. wet-nurse
  8. wet-nurses
  9. wet-on-wet
  10. wet-rot
  11. wet-sand

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