Noddled

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo nod repeatedly.

2.adjectiveHaving a noddle or head.

3.verbTo think or ponder.

""Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class."

4.verbTo fiddle, play with, or mess around.

"If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it."

5.verbTo improvise music.

"He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful."

6.verbTo fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body

"Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river."

7.verbTo fossick, especially for opals.

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