oodles

oodles
I
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. mass, heap, abundance, lots*; see much .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
slews, lots, piles, *scads, *zillions. see many
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal: bushel, gob1 (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, passel, peck2, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See BIG.

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