Kyoodle
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A mutt, dog of mixed breed of little value; noisy dog.
"The yelps and kyoodles had wandered home or after Rube and his idolators — all except the Widow Steger's dog, a long, strange, German sort of dog with no legs to speak of, a lonesome boyless kyoodle that had to go home early and sleep under the geranium box."
- 2 A loud, meaningless noise; howl or holler.
"There was a yip and kyoodle for John Brown and "the great deeds of the past.""
- 3 A large noisy collection.
"Oodles an' boodles an' kyoodles av id, Mrs. McGlaggerty!"
- 4 A coward or quitter; one who lacks the determination to face hardship.
"If I wasn't afraid of you thinking I was a kyoodle, I'd quit the business tonight."
- 1 To make loud noises; to howl or holler.
"Be known as a booster and crow like a rooster; don't yelp like a bow-wow that's tied to a can; laugh, sing and kyoodle, and blow in some boodle, and help things along like a nice little man."
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More examples"The yelps and kyoodles had wandered home or after Rube and his idolators — all except the Widow Steger's dog, a long, strange, German sort of dog with no legs to speak of, a lonesome boyless kyoodle that had to go home early and sleep under the geranium box."
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