noodling

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noun

The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.

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Meanings

nounnoodling (countable and uncountable, plural noodlings)

plural noodlings

  1. uncountableThe practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
  2. countableMusical improvisation.

    Unlike Basie's increasingly repetitious piano noodlings, Young's melodic gestures had a way of staying fresh and inventive.

    1991, Gunther Schuller, The swing era: the development of jazz, 1930-1945
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of noodle
Cite this entry
APA

noodling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noodling

MLA

“noodling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noodling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noodling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noodling.

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