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.
Meaning
1 senses(informal, plural, usually plural)Unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.
a large number or amount
Examples
1 sentencesWe have oodles of cash.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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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