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Meaning of "nurdle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NURDLE

nurdle  [ˈnɜːdəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NURDLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nurdle is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb nurdle in English.

WHAT DOES NURDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nurdle

Nurdle may refer to: ▪ A term used in cricket ▪ A pre-production microplastic pellet about the size of a pea. ▪ A pea sized dab of toothpaste applied to a toothbrush...

Definition of nurdle in the English dictionary

The definition of nurdle in the dictionary is to score runs in cricket by deflecting rather than striking it hard.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NURDLE

PRESENT

Present
I nurdle
you nurdle
he/she/it nurdles
we nurdle
you nurdle
they nurdle
Present continuous
I am nurdling
you are nurdling
he/she/it is nurdling
we are nurdling
you are nurdling
they are nurdling
Present perfect
I have nurdled
you have nurdled
he/she/it has nurdled
we have nurdled
you have nurdled
they have nurdled
Present perfect continuous
I have been nurdling
you have been nurdling
he/she/it has been nurdling
we have been nurdling
you have been nurdling
they have been nurdling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I nurdled
you nurdled
he/she/it nurdled
we nurdled
you nurdled
they nurdled
Past continuous
I was nurdling
you were nurdling
he/she/it was nurdling
we were nurdling
you were nurdling
they were nurdling
Past perfect
I had nurdled
you had nurdled
he/she/it had nurdled
we had nurdled
you had nurdled
they had nurdled
Past perfect continuous
I had been nurdling
you had been nurdling
he/she/it had been nurdling
we had been nurdling
you had been nurdling
they had been nurdling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will nurdle
you will nurdle
he/she/it will nurdle
we will nurdle
you will nurdle
they will nurdle
Future continuous
I will be nurdling
you will be nurdling
he/she/it will be nurdling
we will be nurdling
you will be nurdling
they will be nurdling
Future perfect
I will have nurdled
you will have nurdled
he/she/it will have nurdled
we will have nurdled
you will have nurdled
they will have nurdled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been nurdling
you will have been nurdling
he/she/it will have been nurdling
we will have been nurdling
you will have been nurdling
they will have been nurdling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would nurdle
you would nurdle
he/she/it would nurdle
we would nurdle
you would nurdle
they would nurdle
Conditional continuous
I would be nurdling
you would be nurdling
he/she/it would be nurdling
we would be nurdling
you would be nurdling
they would be nurdling
Conditional perfect
I would have nurdle
you would have nurdle
he/she/it would have nurdle
we would have nurdle
you would have nurdle
they would have nurdle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been nurdling
you would have been nurdling
he/she/it would have been nurdling
we would have been nurdling
you would have been nurdling
they would have been nurdling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you nurdle
we let´s nurdle
you nurdle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to nurdle
Past participle
nurdled
Present Participle
nurdling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NURDLE


apfelstrudel
ˈæpfəlˌstruːdəl
beadle
ˈbiːdəl
bedel
ˈbiːdəl
begirdle
bɪˈɡɜːdəl
bordel
ˈbɔːdəl
caudal
ˈkɔːdəl
chordal
ˈkɔːdəl
curdle
ˈkɜːdəl
dawdle
ˈdɔːdəl
doodle
ˈduːdəl
feodal
ˈfjuːdəl
feudal
ˈfjuːdəl
girdle
ˈɡɜːdəl
hurdle
ˈhɜːdəl
needle
ˈniːdəl
noodle
ˈnuːdəl
poodle
ˈpuːdəl
strudel
ˈstruːdəl
udal
ˈjuːdəl
Udall
ˈjuːdəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NURDLE

nuraghe
Nuraghic
nurd
nurdish
nurdy
Nuremberg
Nureyev
Nurhachi
nurhag
Nuri
Nuri as-Said
Nuristan
nurl
Nurmi
nurr
nurse
nurse practitioner
nurse shark
nursehound
nurselike

WORDS THAT END LIKE NURDLE

at the fiddle
bundle
candle
cradle
cuddle
fiddle
handle
huddle
idle
kindle
middle
paddle
panty girdle
pectoral girdle
pelvic girdle
riddle
saddle
spindle
straddle
Venus´s-girdle

Synonyms and antonyms of nurdle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nurdle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NURDLE

Find out the translation of nurdle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nurdle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nurdle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

nurdle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nurdle
570 millions of speakers

English

nurdle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nurdle
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nurdle
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nurdle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Nurdle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নারডল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nurdle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jururawat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nurdle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nurdle
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nurdle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nelangsa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nurdle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நர்டல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडथळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nurdle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nurdle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nurdle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nurdle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nurdle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nurdle
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nurdle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nurdle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nurdle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nurdle

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NURDLE»

The term «nurdle» is used very little and occupies the 177.956 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NURDLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nurdle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nurdle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nurdle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NURDLE»

Discover the use of nurdle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nurdle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Trial of Ubu
Norbert Nurdle Six foot. Maybe five foot ten. Maybe a bit taller. Six foot two. Defence So anywhere between five foot ten, maybe, and six foot two? What was his name Mr Nurdle? Norbert Nurdle I didn't hear his name. Defence You didn't hear it ...
Simon Stephens, 2012
2
Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket
NURDLE Not a word you'll find in the more concise dictionaries, but a highly evocative noun nonetheless. A nurdle is a shot played deftly and deliberately into gaps between fielders. It usually brings one or two runs, rather than three or four  ...
Lawrence Booth, 2007
3
Motor Learning in Practice: A Constraints-Led Approach
9. The. “nurdle. to. leg”. and. other. ways. of. winning. cricket. matches. Ian. Renshaw. and. Darren. Holder. Introduction The emergence of Twenty20 cricket at the elite level has been marketed on the excitement of the big hitter, where it seems ...
Ian Renshaw, Keith Davids, Geert J.P. Savelsbergh, 2010
4
Horologicon
When toothpaste manufacturers talk about the small amount of toothpaste that fits on the end of your toothbrush, they call it a nurdle. Why they should do so is lost in the oze of time, but it's been the word since at least 1968, and a recent court ...
Mark Forsyth, 2013
5
An Involuntary Genius in America's Shoes (and what Happened ...
When it became clearly impossible to investigate me, Nurdle gave in to my insistent and bothersome phone calls. Besides, I'd begun dropping little hints in the newspaper. "Nurdle, nurdle on the floor," I would say, apropos of nothing in one of ...
Andrei Codrescu, 2001
6
New York Magazine
From funny food and smokeand booze. I don'tdatedragons. BRENDA: How un- cool of me. MARTIN: You ought to try Vote Toothpaste Brenda... MARTIN: One nurdle of Vote on your toothbrush is strong enough to kill the dragon and clean and ...
7
Polymer Chemistry: Introduction to an Indispensable Science
This phenomenon is significant enough that the term nurdle was created to describe these small pieces of plastic flotsam. Some of the nurdles are mistaken for food by animals such as turtles, fish, whales, and birds, whose stomachs often  ...
David M. Teegarden, 2004
8
The Sun Almanac for ...
100-Yard nurdle (8 flights. 2 ft. 6 in. hurdles, 10 yards apart; and 15 yards freni start and finish) — J. S. Hill. Mt. Wash. Club, 121/; sees. 120-Yard Hurdle (10 hurdles. 3 ft. 0 In.) — J. S. Hill. Md. A. C, 161£ sees. 220- Yard nurdle (10 hurdles, 2 ft.
‎1907
9
Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
June, 1893. July to November, 1893. April, 1894. Feet. Feet. 270 425 705 650 425 No. 4 Nos. 2 to 4 were atreugthoned with braces and drift mattresses. No. 44 No. 5 360 165 260 No. 7 1893. 1894. nurdle. April to .1 tin-'. August to November.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, 1896
10
The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism ...
Get a nurdle on. I've laws to pass. several: Big deal. pa ubu: Lawyers first, then bankers. several lawyers: Objection! Nolle prosequi. Status quo. pa ubu: Shikt. Law Number One: judges' salaries. Abolished. judges: What'll we live on? We're  ...
Maggie B. Gale, John F. Deeney, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NURDLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nurdle is used in the context of the following news items.
1
From The Editor
... year-long campaign titled “Don't be a Nurdle, Help the Sea Turtle: Poaching, Bycatch & Plastic Pollution, Tell the World About Our Solution.”. «Good Times, Jul 15»
2
Ashes 2015: England v Australia: second Test, day two – as it …
Nurdle” can be high praise if it keeps the strike ticking over when bowling is tight, or derision if the other batter is hitting sixes. “Clip” could be ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
White House, EPA Honor Environmental Education Award Winners
“Don't Be a Nurdle, Help the Sea Turtle” Watsonville, CA. Team Name: Mount Madonna School. · “Creating an Efficient and Novel Method for ... «U.S. EPA.gov, Jul 15»
4
US EPA Honors Atherton Teacher with Environmental Education …
... Calif., for their year-long campaign titled “Don't be a Nurdle, Help the Sea Turtle: Poaching, Bycatch & Plastic Pollution, Tell the World About ... «U.S. EPA.gov, Jul 15»
5
North Carolina Students Among Those Being Honored Today by …
Individual Project Lead: Seth Blum “Don't Be a Nurdle, Help the Sea Turtle” Watsonville, CA. Team Name: Mount Madonna School “Creating an ... «Newsroom America, Jul 15»
6
Leaders: 230 million reasons to save planet Earth
The problems we cause are also getting harder to prevent. The latest significant threat to our marine life is the nurdle, the small particles which ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
7
Wednesday Briefing: Peter Grimes Goes Epic, The McMillans Go …
Flagler County's Drought Index is at 401. The weather in Thimphu, Bhutan: high 70, low 55. Details. The OED's Word of the Day: nurdle, v. «FlaglerLive.com, Jul 15»
8
England v New Zealand: fourth ODI – as it happened
The left-arm spinner Santner is introduced into the attack for the first time, as Root and Morgan are content to nudge and nurdle through gaps ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Did Wittgenstein use silly points to make profound ones?
Fiddle, fish, fence, flick, grope, glance, poke, prod, nurdle, tickle, turn, squirt, biff, bash, slash, smash … just a few of the options open to a ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
County cricket – as it happened
Ollie Rayner came on and was dispatched for four sixes in his first 13 balls, before Patel tried to nurdle him to leg and was caught by John ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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