oodles
oo·dles
oodles · oodleses
Unspecified large amount, number, or quantityUnspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.
/ˈuːd(ə)lz/
» We have oodles of cash.
Значение
значений: 1(разговорное, множественное число, обычно во множественном числе)Unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.
a large number or amount
Примеры
предложений: 1We have oodles of cash.
Переводы
языков: 2Происхождение
Uncertain; perhaps from scadoodles (“unspecified large amount, number, or quantity”) (US,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).
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