noodling
English
Noun
noodling (countable and uncountable, plural noodlings)
- (uncountable) The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
- (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.
- 1991, Gunther Schuller, The swing era: the development of jazz, 1930-1945
Related terms
- noodle
Derived terms
- noodler
Verb
noodling
- present participle of noodle