"oodles" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈuːd(ə)lz/ Audio: En-us-oodles.ogg Forms: oodle [singular]
Rhymes: -uːdəlz Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from scadoodles (“unspecified large amount, number, or quantity”) (US, slang) (although the Oxford English Dictionary notes this is attested slightly later), or from boodle (“whole collection or lot”) (US, dialectal), caboodle (“large collection of people or things”) (US, slang) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum). Etymology templates: {{uncertain|en}} Uncertain, {{qualifier|US|slang}} (US, slang), {{qualifier|US|dialectal}} (US, dialectal), {{qualifier|US|slang}} (US, slang), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|pluralia tantum}} pluralia tantum, {{suffix|en||s|id2=pluralia tantum|pos2=suffix forming pluralia tantum}} + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum) Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=oodle}} oodles pl (normally plural, singular oodle)
  1. (originally US, informal) Chiefly followed by of: an unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons. Tags: informal, plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Numbers Synonyms: lot Translations (unspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots): rúgva [feminine] (Faroese), foultitude [feminine] (French), un tas (de) [feminine] (French), rengeteg (Hungarian), tömérdek (Hungarian), temérdek (Hungarian), masa (Polish), mnóstwo (Polish), mängder (Swedish), massor (Swedish), tonvis [informal] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-oodles-en-noun-4f06Bs0M Disambiguation of Numbers: 86 14 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -s (pluralia tantum), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈuːd(ə)lz/ Audio: En-us-oodles.ogg
Rhymes: -uːdəlz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} oodles
  1. plural of oodle Tags: form-of, plural Form of: oodle
    Sense id: en-oodles-en-noun-SOCWx0yy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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