oodles

American

[ood-lz] / ˈud lz /

noun

(sometimes used with a singular verb)

a large quantity.

oodles of love; oodles of money.

oodles British

/ ˈuːdəlz /

plural noun

informal great quantities

oodles of money

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Etymology

Origin of oodles

First recorded in 1865–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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“In the midst of the Great Depression, she had oodles of cash,” said Cook.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Salon

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.

From BBC

“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.”

From Los Angeles Times

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