noddy

1. (countable, historical)In full knave noddy: the jack or knave playing card.

2. (historical, uncountable)In full noddy-fifteen: a certain card game related to cribbage.

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

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

5. (Multicultural London English, slang)Synonym of fellatio.

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

7. (UK, 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.

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

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

   (broadly, countable, historical, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Synonym of sexual intercourse.

10. (obsolete)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.

11. (obsolete, rare)In at noddy: a state of being asleep.

1. Noddy wears a blue hat and red shoes.

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2. Noddy drives a yellow car.

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3. Noddy is a cab driver.

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