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oo·dles

 (o͞od′lz)
pl.n. Informal
A great amount or number: oodles of fun.
[Origin unknown.]
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oodles

(ˈuːdəlz)
pl n
informal great quantities: oodles of money.
[C20: of uncertain origin]
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oo•dles

(ˈud lz)

n. (sometimes used with a sing. v.) Informal.
a large quantity: oodles of money.
[1865–70; orig. uncertain]
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Oodles

 a superabundance of anything; a mass of things; a heap; a great quantity.
Examples: oodles of food; of money; of time.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.oodles - a large number or amountoodles - a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, piles
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
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oodles

noun
Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number:
jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion.
Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion.
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Translations
كَمْيّات من، الكَثير من
masser
halom: egy halom/rakás
aibės
milzums

oodles

[ˈuːdlz] NPL we have oodles (of) → tenemos cantidad or montones (de)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

oodles

[ˈuːdəlz] npl
oodles of (= loads, tons) → un maximum de
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

oodles

pl (inf) → jede Menge (inf); oodles and oodles → Unmengen pl (inf); oodles (and oodles) of money → Geld wie Heu (inf); oodles (and oodles) of time → massenhaft Zeit (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

oodles

[ˈuːd/əlz] n (old) (fam) oodles (of) → un sacco (di)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

oodles

(ˈuːdlz) noun
(plural) (slang) plenty (of); lots (of). hamburger with oodles of ketchup; We had oodles of fun.
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