yankee-doodle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an American (especially to non-Americans)
    Yank; Yankee.

WordNet

Yan`kee-Doo"dle noun
Definitions
  1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.
  2. Humorously, a Yankee.
    We might have withheld our political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles. Moore.

Webster 1913