Meaning

A mutt, dog of mixed breed of little value; noisy dog..

Definitions by Sense

1. A mutt, dog of mixed breed of little value; noisy dog.
2. A loud, meaningless noise; howl or holler.
3. A large noisy collection.
4. A coward or quitter; one who lacks the determination to face hardship.
5. To make loud noises; to howl or holler.

Example Sentences

The yelps and kyoodles had wandered home or after Rube and his idolators — all except the Widow Steger's dog, a long, strange, German sort of dog with no legs to speak of, a lonesome boyless kyoodle that had to go home early and sleep under the geranium box.

For all the breeds and breeding on display at this most elegant of kyoodle carnivals, there is a wonderful sameness about people who go to the dogs.

Among other dodges that we employed to track down the border crossers, was a pack of hounds. These kyoodles worked fairly well if we put them on a track immediately after a rain, otherwise the sand was so barren of moisture it would not hold the scent for any length of time.

There was a yip and kyoodle for John Brown and "the great deeds of the past."

Liberals everywhere echoed the "yip and kyoodle" of the Osawatomie crowd; conservatives were aghast at Roosevelt's radicalism.

Oodles an' boodles an' kyoodles av id, Mrs. McGlaggerty!

The Chrysler and me lit out like a kyoodle of pups.

"I've heard of folks having ghosts," he said, "but I never knew a man to have a whole kyoodle of 'em."

Word Forms

• kyoodles
• kyoodling
• kyoodled

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