Definitions
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- verb conversation To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.
- noun cricket Such a
shot - noun A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
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A nurdle is a tiny plastic pellet plastic industries use to mold into the plastics we know today such as toys, storage containers, water bottles and yogurt tubs.
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A nurdle is a tiny plastic pellet plastic industries use to mold into the plastics we know today such as toys, storage containers, water bottles and yogurt tubs.
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A nurdle is the curvy dollop of toothpaste used by many toothpaste manufacturers to depict their product.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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A nurdle is a tiny plastic pellet plastic industries use to mold into the plastics we know today such as toys, storage containers, water bottles and yogurt tubs.
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A nurdle is the curvy dollop of toothpaste used by many toothpaste manufacturers to depict their product.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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Burt Flickinger III, managing director of consultancy Strategic Resource Group, who adds that the word "nurdle" has been used for decades but who coined it is a mystery.
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A further confession of terminological ignorance: the IPKat has never heard of the term "nurdle", which apparently means "a small amount of toothpaste akin to what consumers would use brushing their teeth."
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I want to breathe in every nurdle and give thanks for every slower bouncer.
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In a statement, the company said Glaxo created the "highly distinctive" tricolored nurdle design over two decades ago, and has used it ever since.
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A picture of a nurdle is important because the oral care aisle is so crowded, said
mummalucks commented on the word nurdle
What is the meaning of nurdle?
February 26, 2008
mummalucks commented on the word nurdle
What is the name given to a person who enjoys staying in hotels?
February 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the word nurdle
In cricket 'to nurdle' is used to describe a batsman's stroke when he nudges or manoeuvres the ball into a gap in the field. The term implies that the batsman is in control of the ball and that he successfully scores, probably a single run.
February 26, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word nurdle
Wikipedia offers this additional definition, which isn't nearly as fun as the word itself sounds:
"A nurdle, also called a pre-production plastic pellet or plastic resin pellet, is a pellet typically under 5mm in diameter. Nurdles are a large contributor to marine debris and can cause starvation to marine wildlife, as well as other environmental hazards. A nurdle may be called a mermaid's tear, a term which may also refer to pollution in the form of degraded plastic.
"Nurdles that escape from the plastic production process into waterways or oceans have become a significant source of ocean and beach pollution, frequently finding their way into the digestive tracts of various marine creatures."
February 26, 2008
cordycerps commented on the word nurdle
There is much to learn about nurdles and their increasing appearance and representation in beach sands around the world far from their source. Read the world without us" by Alan Weisman
November 24, 2008
shevek commented on the word nurdle
These definitions are very disappointing.
November 30, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word nurdle
n. A small manufactured pellet of raw plastic resin form which an immense variety of plastic items is produced. Also called a "mermaids tear".
100 billion kilograms are shipped around the world each year. Go to any beach, look closely on your hands and knees among the wrack and tide marks, and you'll begin to find these ubiquitous pollutants among the hundreds of other pieces of plastic trash that have found their way into the worlds oceans.
Nurdles attract poisonous chemicals already in the seas, such as DDT and PCB's; these poisons may enter our food supply via fish that mistake them for food.
April 25, 2009
reesetee commented on the word nurdle
As Cordycerps mentioned, read The World Without Us and you'll never think of these doodads as harmless little bits again.
May 2, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word nurdle
"Driving on the M25, coming over the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, fumbling for your coin to pay the road toll, nurdling into the right lane, brings out the stories."
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair, p 13 of the Penguin paperback edition
January 22, 2012
qms commented on the word nurdle
The sound of the word's oddly fertile:
A pellet of plastic to choke a turtle,
A toothpaste squiggle
Or cricketer's wriggle -
Both little and tricky hide in nurdle.
March 16, 2015