Definitions For Noddy

Etymology 1

Probably a shortening of noddypoll, an obsolete alteration of hoddypoll, , fumbling inept person.

Noun

NODDY (plural noddies) A stupid or silly person.

Translations

Finnish: tomppeli, tollo

Etymology 2

nod + y? <!--Webster 1913 thinks so.-->

Noun

NODDY (plural noddies) Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genus, genera anous and procelsterna, found in tropical seas. (dated) A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse. 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. (obsolete, uncountable) An old card game. image:grey ternlet flight nz jan05.jpg, thumb, a grey <strong>noddy</strong>

Derived terms

, anous stolidus , anous tenuirostris , anous minutus , procelsterna cerulea , procelsterna albivitta

Translations

Dhivehi: މާރަނގަ, sc=Thaa Finnish: ruskotiira ; tuhkatiira Russian: глупая крачка

Etymology 3

nod + y, coined by w:john fiske (media scholar) + john fiske in 1987.

Noun

NODDY (plural noddies) (television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nod, nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview. : : Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.