Definition of "noddy" in Anglais

noun

1. (countable, archaic) A silly or stupid person; a fool, an idiot.

2. In full knave noddy: the jack or knave playing card.

3. In full noddy-fifteen: a certain card game related to cribbage.

adjective

1. (England, regional) Foolish, silly, stupid.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of noddify (“to make (someone) into a noddy (noun etymology 1, sense 1), to make a fool of”)

noun

1. Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genus Anous found in tropical seas, especially the brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus).

2. (Ireland, Scotland, road transport, historical) A small two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

3. (MLE, slang) Synonym of fellatio.

4. (Newfoundland, Northeastern US) Synonym of northern fulmar (“an Arctic seabird, Fulmarus glacialis”).

5. (UK, television, informal) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding at the person being interviewed (or sometimes the interviewee nodding at the interviewer), often used to cover an editing gap in an interview.

   • Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.

6. In clockmaking and watchmaking: an inverted pendulum consisting of a short, vertical, flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top, which is used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

7. In at noddy: a state of being asleep.

adjective

1. (archaic) Drowsy, sleepy.