Noodly

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to noodles (the food).

    "How did he get the money? In the noodliest way in the world."

  2. 2
    Involving improvisation. informal

    "Mitchell likes to play off O’Malley’s singing, doubling her voice with noodlier versions of her melodies or playing call-and-response with little shrieks and tweets of feedback."

  3. 3
    Floppy, droopy.

    "A lot of her clothes move strangely: one dress has an exaggerated, uneven bustle, upon which is layered a long skirt made of elastic, resulting in a motion that Glaum-Lathbury describes as "wiggly and noodly.""

Example

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"May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage."

Etymology

From noodle + -y.

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