noodle about (something)
noodle about (something)
To discuss, speak, or think about something in an idle, aimless, or purely speculative manner. ("Noodle" here is slang for head or brain.) He spent most of the party noodling about all these pseudo-philosophical ideas that just made him sound pretentious. When I came into the room, they had started noodling about the pros and cons of capitalism compared to socialism.
See also: noodle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- flap (one's) jaws
- kill time
- kill time, to
- go walkabout
- fool around
- fool around with (someone or something)
- kill
- kill (an amount of time)
- kill time, a couple of hours, etc.
- screw around with (someone or something)