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boodle
boo·dle B0389400 (bo͞od′l)n. Slang 1. a. Money, especially counterfeit money.b. Money accepted as a bribe.2. Stolen goods; swag.3. A crowd of people; caboodle. [Dutch boedel, estate, from Middle Dutch bōdel; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]boodle (ˈbuːdəl) n1. money or valuables, esp when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe2. chiefly US another word for caboodlevbto give or receive money corruptly or illegally[C19: from Dutch boedel all one's possessions, from Old Frisian bōdel movable goods, inheritance; see caboodle]boo•dle (ˈbud l) n. 1. the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory. 2. a large quantity of something, esp. money: worth a boodle. 3. a bribe or other illicit payment; graft. 4. stolen goods; loot. [1615–25, Amer.; < Dutch boedel property] Boodle all of one’s possessions; a disorderly mass; a crowd; a lot; stock in trade; capital.Example: whole kit and boodle, 1625.boodle Past participle: boodled Gerund: boodling
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I boodle | you boodle | he/she/it boodles | we boodle | you boodle | they boodle |
Preterite |
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I boodled | you boodled | he/she/it boodled | we boodled | you boodled | they boodled |
Present Continuous |
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I am boodling | you are boodling | he/she/it is boodling | we are boodling | you are boodling | they are boodling |
Present Perfect |
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I have boodled | you have boodled | he/she/it has boodled | we have boodled | you have boodled | they have boodled |
Past Continuous |
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I was boodling | you were boodling | he/she/it was boodling | we were boodling | you were boodling | they were boodling |
Past Perfect |
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I had boodled | you had boodled | he/she/it had boodled | we had boodled | you had boodled | they had boodled |
Future |
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I will boodle | you will boodle | he/she/it will boodle | we will boodle | you will boodle | they will boodle |
Future Perfect |
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I will have boodled | you will have boodled | he/she/it will have boodled | we will have boodled | you will have boodled | they will have boodled |
Future Continuous |
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I will be boodling | you will be boodling | he/she/it will be boodling | we will be boodling | you will be boodling | they will be boodling |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been boodling | you have been boodling | he/she/it has been boodling | we have been boodling | you have been boodling | they have been boodling |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been boodling | you will have been boodling | he/she/it will have been boodling | we will have been boodling | you will have been boodling | they will have been boodling |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been boodling | you had been boodling | he/she/it had been boodling | we had been boodling | you had been boodling | they had been boodling |
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I would boodle | you would boodle | he/she/it would boodle | we would boodle | you would boodle | they would boodle |
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I would have boodled | you would have boodled | he/she/it would have boodled | we would have boodled | you would have boodled | they would have boodled | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | boodle - informal terms for money clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratchmoney - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" | | 2. | boodle - 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 his 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 cardstops, Newmarket, Chicago, Michigancard game, cards - a game played with playing cards |
boodlenoun1. Slang. Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior:bribe, fix, graft, payola.Informal: payoff.2. Slang. Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime:booty, loot, pillage, plunder, spoil (used in plural).Nautical: prize.Translationsboodle
boodleSomething that has been obtained through criminal activity; loot or booty. Wow, all of this boodle came from one robbery, huh?boodle (ˈbudlæ) n. loot; the proceeds from a crime. (Underworld.) All of the boodle was recovered in a suitcase. boodle
Synonyms for boodlenoun money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behaviorSynonyms- bribe
- fix
- graft
- payola
- payoff
noun goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartimeSynonyms- booty
- loot
- pillage
- plunder
- spoil
- prize
Synonyms for boodlenoun informal terms for moneySynonyms- clams
- dinero
- gelt
- kale
- lettuce
- lolly
- lucre
- moolah
- pelf
- shekels
- simoleons
- wampum
- loot
- dough
- bread
- cabbage
- sugar
- scratch
Related Wordsnoun 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)Synonyms- stops
- Newmarket
- Chicago
- Michigan
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