Boodle

Quick meaning: Boodle is a noun meaning (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.

Meaning

(US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.

More Meanings

1. (US, slang, West Point) Candy and snacks.
2. (slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
3. (slang) To engage in bribery.

Example Sentences

He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em

He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.

“The boodle. The reward. The £500. The gunner turned damned nasty at the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it would have been nitsky for you and me.

[…] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.

Word Forms

• boodles
• boodling
• boodled

Synonyms for boodle

Depending on context, synonyms include ackers, blunt, bones, brass, bread, cake.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stops, loot, aldermen, swag, boodlery, boodlerism.

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