Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boodle

/ˈbuːdəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: boo-dle
IPA: /ˈbuːdəl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

The whole collection or lot; caboodle.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Candy and snacks.

American usage; Countable; Slang; Uncountable

verb

To engage in bribery.

Slang

Example Sentences

"He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him."
"“The boodle. The reward. The £500. The gunner turned damned nasty at the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it would have been nitsky for you and me."
"[…] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted."
"Rather than believe it, he goes crazy, falls in love with a marchioness, and gives his boodle gladly to a swindling genealogist who promises to establish that his delusions of nobility are justified."
"He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em"
"Send the first boodle in an airtight container so that there is a place for the storage of future packages […] Suggestions for Boodle: cookies, candy, individual packets of drink mixes (sugar-free), raisins, nuts, gum."

Etymology

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: boedel

Usage

Inflected Forms

boodles (plural) boodles (present, singular) boodling (participle, present) boodled (participle, past) boodled (past)

Derived Forms

boodler

Phrases

boodle fight

Synonyms

dirty money black money ackers bees and honey blunt bones brass bread bread and honey Bugs Bunny cake cheddar

Rhymes With

noodle feudal doodle poodle udall strudel caboodle oodle trudel sudol canoodle udal

Questions

How do you pronounce boodle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbuːdəl/.
What does boodle mean?: Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
Where does boodle come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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