noodling

English

Noun

noodling (countable and uncountable, plural noodlings)

1. (uncountable) The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• noodler

Related terms

• noodle

Verb

noodling

1. present participle and gerund of noodle