Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nurdle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nur-dle
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.

verb

To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.

noun

Such a shot.

noun

A cylindrical pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.

noun

A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.

Example Sentences

"Puffins on the Isle of May are nibbling on nurdles, the little nuggets that serve as raw materials for plastics manufacturing."
"Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)."
"Each company is seeking the right to depict, and to stop the other from depicting, a “nurdle,” a wave-shaped toothpaste blob that sits on a toothbrush head."

Inflected Forms

nurdles (present, singular) nurdling (participle, present) nurdled (participle, past) nurdled (past) nurdles (plural)

Rhymes With

hurdle girdle curdle wordle furdle

Questions

What does nurdle mean?: To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.

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