1. A ribbonlike strip of pasta
   "She added egg noodles to the chicken soup"
    
2. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   "he stuck his noodle out the window";
   - head, caput [technical], bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], noggin [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], skull [informal], nut [informal], melon [informal]
    
3. [informal] A stupid incompetent person
   "He's a bit of a noodle, but who in management isn't?";
   - dimwit [informal], nitwit [informal], half-wit [informal], doofus [N. Amer, informal], numpty [UK, informal], yo-yo [N. Amer, informal], nellie [informal], dingleberry [US, informal], donkey [informal], nelly [informal], dufus [N. Amer, informal], simp [N. Amer, informal]

1. Casually improvise or experiment on a musical instrument
   "He spent hours noodling on his guitar, trying to come up with new melodies"

Derived forms: noodled, noodles, noodling

Type of: alimentary paste, external body part, human head, pasta, simple [archaic], simpleton

Part of: animal, animate being, body, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Noodle