oodles

[ood-lz]

noun

(sometimes used with a singular verb)

1. a large quantity.

   oodles of love; oodles of money.

oodles

/ ˈuːdəlz /

plural noun

1. informal,  great quantities

   oodles of money

Word History and Origins

Origin of oodles¹

First recorded in 1865–70; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of oodles¹

C20: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Los Angeles signs oodles of talented players, loses them to injury or ineptitude, and replaces them with new talented players.

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Or even better, they would spare the victims from being retraumatized by instead reading the reports that already exist in the Epstein files, which include oodles of victim testimony, as well as hard evidence.

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Our modern, digitised world generates oodles of it and this place has access to one heck of a lot of it, plenty of it in real time.

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But the videos of them acting like 1950s housewives, making them oodles of cash from curious viewers, function as a form of propaganda.

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“There are oodles of options, but they went for the fast and easy one of doing this in the middle of a residential neighborhood and hoping it wouldn’t be a problem.”

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Related Words

• lots 
• tons