noodle3
[ nood-l ]
verb (used without object), noo·dled, noo·dling.
to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
Informal.
to play; toy: to noodle with numbers as a hobby.
to improvise, experiment, or think creatively: The writers noodled for a week and came up with a better idea for the ad campaign.
verb (used with object), noo·dled, noo·dling.
Informal.
to manipulate or tamper with: She denied that she had noodled the statistics to get a favorable result.
to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes followed by up): The architects noodled up a model of a solar house.
Verb Phrases
noodle around, Informal. to play, experiment, or improvise.