wet-noodle

noun

Wet noodle.

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Meanings

noun
  1. attributiveWet noodle.

    Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.

    2008, Caitlin O'Connell, The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa, →ISBN
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    As I stumbled with wet-noodle legs onto what was now the disembarkation platform, Zed remarked that I had turned “a most peculiar shade of green."

    2007, Rex A. Ewing, Hydrogen - Hot Stuff, Cool Science: Discover the Future of Energy, →ISBN, page 191

    Using a narrative approach—rather than the more conventional concept-based approach to theologizing—Patrick ably guides us beyond rigid fundamentalism, wet-noodle liberalism, and technique-based ecclesiology to a kind of direct engagement with the Spirit that is as wholesome as it is life-transforming.

    2007, Patrick Oden, It's a Dance, →ISBN, page xii

    Perfectly cool because, as I swim, it keeps my body temperature cool, allowing me to “go the distance” before my body gives out from the “wet-noodle” effect of heat.

    2008, Jeffrey N. Gingold, Mental Sharpening Stones

    No matter how slimy the other Guy's wet-noodle handshake may be, never crush his hand.

    2013, Garland H. Green, W.P. Myers, Dan W. Hartshorn, Guy Rules, →ISBN
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APA

wet-noodle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet-noodle

MLA

“wet-noodle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet-noodle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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