noddy

Etymology 1
Probably a shortening of, an obsolete alteration of.

Noun

 * 1) A stupid or silly person.
 * 2) * 1628, Robert Burton, , Oxford: Henry Cripps, 3rd edition, Part I, Section 2, Member 4, Subsection 4, p. 142,
 * Leo Decimus made  soft fellowes, starke noddies; and such as we[r]e foolish, quite mad before hee left them.
 * Leo Decimus made  soft fellowes, starke noddies; and such as we[r]e foolish, quite mad before hee left them.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera  and, found in tropical seas.
 * 2)  A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse.
 * 3) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
 * 4)  An old card game.
 * 5)   Fellatio.
 * 1)  A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse.
 * 2) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
 * 3)  An old card game.
 * 4)   Fellatio.
 * 1) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
 * 2)  An old card game.
 * 3)   Fellatio.
 * 1)   Fellatio.
 * 1)   Fellatio.



Derived terms

 * grey noddy,
 * grey noddy,
 * grey noddy,
 * grey noddy,
 * grey noddy,

Translations

 * Bulgarian: морска лястовица
 * Catalan:
 * Dhivehi: މާރަނގަ
 * Finnish: ;
 * Russian: глупая крачка

Etymology 3
, coined by John Fiske in 1987.

Noun

 * 1)  A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview.
 * Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.
 * Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.