boodle
boodle · boodles
Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperlyMoney, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
/ˈbuːdəl/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, slang, uncountable)Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
ворованные деньги
(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)Candy and snacks.
More definitions
- informal terms for money
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Translations
3 languagesРусский
Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag:
Origin
From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).
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Forms
plural: boodlesSynonyms
87 synonymsbrassB1breadA1cakeA1cheeseA1coinA2creamA1tenderB2currencyB1flowB1gravyB1meansB2moneyA1paperA1scratchB1
Close in meaning
- informal terms for money:breadcabbageclamsdinerodoughgeltkalelettuce
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card:MichiganChicagoNewmarketstops
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable