"noddle" meaning in All languages combined

See noddle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: noddles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} noddle (plural noddles)
  1. (UK, informal) The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-noddle-en-noun-EyChnSHM Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 10 7 22 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 5 6 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 3 4 28 6
  2. (UK, informal) The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-noddle-en-noun-02bQU9AH Categories (other): British English
  3. (obsolete) The back of the head; nape. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-noddle-en-noun-OoB6CB0Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: noodle
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: noddles [present, singular, third-person], noddling [participle, present], noddled [participle, past], noddled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} noddle (third-person singular simple present noddles, present participle noddling, simple past and past participle noddled)
  1. (intransitive) To nod repeatedly. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: niddle-noddle
    Sense id: en-noddle-en-verb-Nplytnhu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: noddles [present, singular, third-person], noddling [participle, present], noddled [participle, past], noddled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} noddle (third-person singular simple present noddles, present participle noddling, simple past and past participle noddled)
  1. Alternative form of noodle (“improvise musically”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: noodle (extra: improvise musically)
    Sense id: en-noddle-en-verb-jmbxgJkP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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