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boo·dle
(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.
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boodle
(ˈbuːdəl)n
1. money or valuables, esp when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe
2. chiefly US another word for caboodle
vb
to give or receive money corruptly or illegally
[C19: from Dutch boedel all one's possessions, from Old Frisian bōdel movable goods, inheritance; see caboodle]
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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]
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Boodle
all of one’s possessions; a disorderly mass; a crowd; a lot; stock in trade; capital.Example: whole kit and boodle, 1625.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
boodle
Past participle: boodled
Gerund: boodling
| Imperative |
|---|
| boodle |
| boodle |
| Present |
|---|
| I boodle |
| you boodle |
| he/she/it boodles |
| we boodle |
| you boodle |
| they boodle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I boodled |
| you boodled |
| he/she/it boodled |
| we boodled |
| you boodled |
| they boodled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am boodling |
| you are boodling |
| he/she/it is boodling |
| we are boodling |
| you are boodling |
| they are boodling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have boodled |
| you have boodled |
| he/she/it has boodled |
| we have boodled |
| you have boodled |
| they have boodled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was boodling |
| you were boodling |
| he/she/it was boodling |
| we were boodling |
| you were boodling |
| they were boodling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had boodled |
| you had boodled |
| he/she/it had boodled |
| we had boodled |
| you had boodled |
| they had boodled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will boodle |
| you will boodle |
| he/she/it will boodle |
| we will boodle |
| you will boodle |
| they will boodle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would boodle |
| you would boodle |
| he/she/it would boodle |
| we would boodle |
| you would boodle |
| they would boodle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| 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 |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Noun 1. [画像:boodle - informal terms for money]boodle - informal terms for money
clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratch
money - 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 card
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boodle
noun1. 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:
Informal: payoff.
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