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1. (transitive, fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
2. (ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To fool or trick (someone).
4. (chiefly jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
5. To search (mullock) for opals.
6. (intransitive, British, dialectal, informal) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
7. (US, informal) To ponder or think about (something).
8. To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
9. (also, figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
10. (chiefly jazz) To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
11. (intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
12. To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
13. To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
14. Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.

Substantiivi

1. (chiefly jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
2. (usually in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
3. (dated) A person with poor judgment; a fool.
4. (slang) The brain; the head.
5. (by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
6. (informal) Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
7. (archaic) A dumpling cooked by boiling and served in soup; a knaidel or knödel.
8. (slang) The penis.
9. (furry fandom) A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.