Meaning

• (usually in the plural) a string or strip of pasta

  "She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup."

• A person with poor judgement; a fool

• The brain, the head

• A pool noodle

Meaning

• To think or ponder.

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

• To fiddle, play with, or mess around.

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

• To improvise music.

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

• To 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."

• To fossick, especially for opals.