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Definition of Noddy

1. n. A simpleton; a fool.

Definition of Noddy

1. Noun. A stupid or silly person. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera ''Anous'' and ''Procelsterna'', found in tropical seas. ¹

3. Noun. (television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, that is used to cover an editing gap in an interview. Such scenes are often filmed after the interview in question has finished. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Noddy

1. a fool [n -DIES]

Medical Definition of Noddy

1. Origin: Prob. Fr. Nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness. 1. A simpleton; a fool. 2. Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. Stolidus. The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. 3. An old game at cards. 4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle. 5. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Noddy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"You that can play at noddy, or rather play Upon NODDIES. ... There is another Proverb which every noddy, Will jeer the Rump with, and cry hodd- doddy, etc. ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"THE noddy TERN. STERNA STOLIDA, Linn. ... coasts of Florida, for the purpose of returning to their breeding places, on one of the Tortugas called noddy Key. ..."

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