noodle

päänuppi

nuudeli puhekieltä A string or strip of pasta.

She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.

the chuckling grin of noodles

If that portrait could speak, sir — but it has the advantage over the original of not possessing the power of committing itself and disgusting others, — it would testify, that a long period has elapsed since I first habitually addressed it as the picture of a noodle.

He noodled over the problem for a day or two before making a decision.

"Noodle that thought around for a while" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class

If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.

He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.

Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river.

On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps ...

In Coober Pedy, noodling for opals is generally discouraged, although a few tourist spots, such as the Old Timers Mine, have noodle pits open to the public.

We learn how Lennon used to noodle (fossick) for opal as a kid, how camels were for a long time the only form of transportation, and where the name 'Coober Pedy' came from.