noodle

IPA: nˈudʌɫ

(usually 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).
(archaic) A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
(dated) A person with poor judgment; a fool.
(slang) The brain; the head.
(chiefly jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
(informal) Short for pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”). [A long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools.]

(transitive, obsolete) To fool or trick (someone).
(intransitive, Britain, dialectal, informal) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to fool around or waste time.
(transitive, intransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
(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.
(US, informal) To ponder or think about (something).
(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.
(US, 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.
To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
(also figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
(intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
(transitive, 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.

Examples of "noodle" in Sentences

And secondly, that one dude looks like his noodle is showing.
Soba (そば or 蕎麦, Soba) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour.
What really cooks my noodle is has it always been all screwed up, or is this a new thing?
It also had those crispy thin Japanese noodle things - you know, the ones that are used as toppings sometimes.
We started off having lunch with Amanda's editor, the charming and talented Dongwon Song, at what he described as a noodle joint for homesick expat Japanese, which had thoroughly amazing restrooms.
On the surface The Eye of Jade is a classic detective fiction with lots of underworld contacts and hushed conversations in noodle bars, but underneath, Liang, who fled China after her involvement in the student protests in Tiananmen Square, is doing something much more than an examination of China old and new.