noodling

English

Noun

noodling (countable and uncountable, plural noodlings)

  1. (uncountable) The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
  2. (countable) Musical improvisation.
    • 1991, Gunther Schuller, The swing era: the development of jazz, 1930-1945
      Unlike Basie's increasingly repetitious piano noodlings, Young's melodic gestures had a way of staying fresh and inventive.

Derived terms

Verb

noodling

  1. present participle of noodle
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