noodly

Like cooked pasta

Noodly describes something resembling noodles in texture, appearance, or movement—typically long, thin, and floppy.

It often characterizes limbs or appendages that seem boneless or lacking coordination: His noodly arms flailed as he tried to catch the ball.

The word gained particular currency through the satirical deity the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose "noodly appendage" became an irreverent blessing among followers.

Noodly can also describe music with excessive, meandering guitar solos.

pasta

spaghetti

Long thin cylindrical pasta

  • ramenJapanese noodle soup
  • udonThick Japanese wheat noodle
  • phoInformal fake spelling

vermicelli · fettuccine · linguine · soba · macaroni · tagliatelle · bucatini · pappardelle · japchae · shirataki

wavy

squiggly

Twisting in irregular curves

twisty · loopy · coiled · serpentine · sinuous · meandering · wriggly · kinky · spiraling · intertwined

flexible

wiggly

Wavy and restless

  • floppyLacking rigidity, bending easily
  • bendyEasily flexed or curved
  • limpLacking firmness or rigidity

wobbly · dangly · squishy · pliable · supple · limber · elastic · rubbery · flaccid · droopy

Categories
Opposites
physical texture/firmness

noodlystiff

Not easily bent

firm · rigid · hard · solid · taut

movement quality/body control

noodlyrigid

Unable to bend

stiff · tense · controlled · tight · poised

musical playing style

noodlytight

Firmly stretched or fitting

sparse · restrained · disciplined · minimalist · precise

Phrases
Family

noodle, noodles, noodled, noodling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G