NODDY

Etymology 1

Noun

noddy (plural noddies)

A stupid or silly person.

Etymology 2

Noun

noddy (plural noddies)

Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the 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.

Etymology 3

Noun

noddy (plural noddies)

(television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview.

Synonym: nodder

Source: Wiktionary

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Nod"dy, n.; pl. Noddies. Etym: [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]

1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

3. An old game at cards. Halliwell.

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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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