nurdle

verb

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

noun

1. Such a shot.
2. A cylindrical pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.

   “Puffins on the Isle of May are nibbling on nurdles, the little nuggets that serve as raw materials for plastics manufacturing.”

   “Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).”

3. A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.

   “Each company is seeking the right to depict, and to stop the other from depicting, a “nurdle,” a wave-shaped toothpaste blob that sits on a toothbrush head.”