"noddy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɒdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-noddy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: noddies [plural]
Etymology: Probably a shortening of noddypoll, an obsolete alteration of hoddypoll (“fumbling inept person”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|noddypoll}} noddypoll, {{m|en|hoddypoll||fumbling inept person}} hoddypoll (“fumbling inept person”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} noddy (plural noddies)
  1. A stupid or silly person. Derived forms: niddy-noddy Translations (stupid or silly person): tomppeli (Finnish), tollo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-QFN3hqTP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɒdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-noddy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: noddies [plural]
Etymology: nod + -y? Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nod|y}} nod + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} noddy (plural noddies)
  1. Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas. Categories (lifeform): Terns Translations (bird of the genus Anous or Procelsterna): морска лястовица (morska ljastovica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nodi [masculine] (Catalan), މާރަނގަ (māraⁿga) (Dhivehi), ruskotiira (english: Anous) (Finnish), tuhkatiira (Procelsterna) (Finnish), глупая крачка (glupaja kračka) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-ekpOTUIu Disambiguation of Terns: 6 23 6 14 27 19 5 Disambiguation of 'bird of the genus Anous or Procelsterna': 64 2 7 14 12
  2. (dated) A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-TPTFotl2
  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. Categories (lifeform): Terns
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-IxAt7ytj Disambiguation of Terns: 6 23 6 14 27 19 5
  4. (obsolete, uncountable) An old card game. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Terns
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-aQ~bH-aH Disambiguation of Terns: 6 23 6 14 27 19 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 7 17 30 23 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 10 8 11 37 23 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 8 9 10 16 28 20 10
  5. (MLE, slang) Fellatio. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang Categories (topical): Sex Categories (lifeform): Terns
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-en:fellatio Disambiguation of Terns: 6 23 6 14 27 19 5 Categories (other): Multicultural London English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brown noddy, Anous stolidus, sooty noddy, Anous tenuirostris, black noddy, Anous minutus, blue noddy, Procelsterna cerulea, grey noddy, Procelsterna albivitta
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɒdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-noddy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: noddies [plural]
Etymology: nod + -y, coined by John Fiske in 1987. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nod|y}} nod + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} noddy (plural noddies)
  1. (television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview. Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: nodder
    Sense id: en-noddy-en-noun-V2oXHBnQ Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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