boodle
English
Etymology
From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːdəl/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -uːdəl
Noun
boodle (countable and uncountable, plural boodles)
- (slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
- around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights
- He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- […] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.
- around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights
- (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
- January 4 1833, Jack Downing, letter to Ephraim Downing:
- He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em
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Synonyms
- (money): See Thesaurus:money
- (illegally acquired money): dirty money, black money See Thesaurus:booty
- (whole collection): kit and caboodle
Derived terms
- boodle fight
Translations
Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag
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Verb
boodle (third-person singular simple present boodles, present participle boodling, simple past and past participle boodled)
- (slang) To engage in bribery.
Anagrams
- bloode, boledo, boloed