Noodling

Full definition of noodling

Noun

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

Derived terms

• noodler

Verb

1. Present participle of noodle