noodling
present participle ofnoodle
noodle
verb[I]
USinformaluk/ˈnuː.dəl/us/ˈnuː.dəl/to do orthinkabout something without giving itfullorseriousattention:
I justsatat thepianonoodling.
Hespenttheafternoonnoodling on theinternet.
We've been noodling on theideaofmovinghousefor a fewyears.
Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- air guitar
- beatsomethingout
- beatbox
- blow
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingout
- pitch
- play (something) by earidiom
- playability
- playable
- pump
- roof
- tap
- transpose
- transposition
- ultra-smooth
- vibe
- wah-wah
Examplesofnoodling
noodling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We hear soft, abstract drum patterns, sometimes accompanied by double bassnoodling.
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Not surprisingly, the final product was regarded by some critics as uneven,noodling, and self-indulgent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Where the namenoodlingoriginated is not actually known, but the name is not at all illustrative of the dangerous craft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are no wasted words or melodies,noodlingfrills or mindless riffs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A number of people on the opal fields rely entirely onnoodlingfor a living.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The music was also praised for not simply relying on the shock value of tripping-over-myself drum programming and light-speed fretless bassnoodling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Music sometimes emerged out of jamming,noodling, wandering in the evenings and varied loitering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For the 1978 follow-up, though, incongruous elements have now been grafted on here and there: occasional bits of string synthesizer, soft rock riffing, passages of sensitive, new agenoodling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many of the male noodlers explained how they begannoodlingwhen their father took them out, and how they planned to bring their sons into the world of noodling.
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