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Noodle vs Fathead - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between noodle and fathead

is that noodle is a string or strip of pasta while fathead is an idiot; a fool.

As a verb noodle

is to fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body.

noodle

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia noodle)
  • (usually in plural) A string or strip of pasta.
    • She slurped a long noodle up out of her soup.
  • (colloquial, dated) A person with poor judgement; a fool.
  • * Sydney Smith
    • the chuckling grin of noodles
  • * Charles Dickens, Hard Times
    • 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 .
  • (colloquial) The brain, the head.
  • (colloquial) A pool noodle.

    • Quotations

    (English Citations of "noodle")

    Derived terms

    * egg noodle * noodle bar * noodlehead * pool noodle

    See also

    * pasta *

    Verb

    (Noodling)
  • (fishing) To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
    • Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river.
  • To think or ponder.
    • 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
  • To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
    • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.
  • To improvise music.
    • He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful.
  • (Australia) To fossick, especially for opals.
  • * 1989 , Association for Industrial Archaeology, Industrial archaeology review , Volume 12,
    • On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle ’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps ...
  • * 1994 , RonMoon, Outback Australia: a Lonely Planet Australia guide ,
    • 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.
  • * 2006 , Marele Day, Susan Bradley Smith, Fay Knight (editors), Making Waves: 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers Festival ,
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * noodler

    References

    fathead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
    • Donny, you fathead ! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!
  • (zoology) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas , the (black-headed minnow).
  • (zoology) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (derogatory) dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop, see also

    Antonyms

    * (derogatory) genius English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs