different between nursle vs nurdle

English

Etymology

Alteration of nuzzle, after nurse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??s(?)l/

Verb

nursle (third-person singular simple present nursles, present participle nursling, simple past and past participle nursled)

1. (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (a person).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:

     the late borne childe […] till to ryper yeares he gan aspire, / He noursled vp in life and manners wilde […]

Anagrams

• lusern

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d?l

Verb

nurdle (third-person singular simple present nurdles, present participle nurdling, simple past and past participle nurdled)

1. (cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.
2. (conversation) To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.

Noun

nurdle (plural nurdles)

1. (cricket) Such a shot.
2. A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
3. A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.

References

Anagrams

• Rundle, lurden, nurled, rundel, rundle