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(in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

(by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle ''(sense 1)''.

(informal) (t=a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools)

(archaic) A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.

(slang) The penis.

(dated) A person with poor judgment; a fool.

(slang) The brain; the head.

(obsolete) To fool or trick (someone).

(informal) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.

(singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.

(transitive)

(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.

(informal) To ponder or think about (something).

(intransitive)

(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.

(informal)

# To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.

# To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.

# ''Often followed by'' about ''or'' around: to mess around, to play.

(jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.

(transitive)

To search ((t=mining or ore processing waste)) for opals.

To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.

(figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).

(fossick)To search mullock for opals; to fossick.

(fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.