[{"word":"noodled","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To think or ponder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"Noodle that thought around for a while\" said Dr. Johnson to his Biblical Interpretations class."},{"definition":"To fiddle, play with, or mess around.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it."},{"definition":"To improvise music.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He has been noodling with that trumpet all afternoon, and every bit of it sounds awful."},{"definition":"To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Fred had several lacerations on his hands from noodling for flathead in the river."},{"definition":"To fossick, especially for opals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["guddle"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noodle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noodled"]}]