kyoodle

intransitive verb

ky·​oo·​dle

(ˈ)kī¦(y)üdᵊl

kyoodled; kyoodled; kyoodling

-d(ᵊ)liŋ

; kyoodles

: to make loud useless noises : holler, yap

the dogs waved their tails happily and sought out a rabbit and went kyoodling after it

—John Steinbeck

quit listening to all this kyoodling from behind the fence

—Sinclair Lewis

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