noddy
Synonym of noddify into a noddy, to make a fool of”)Synonym of noddify (“to make (someone) into a noddy (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), to make a fool of”)
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» Noddy wears a blue hat and red shoes.
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1 senses(obsolete, rare)Synonym of noddify (“to make (someone) into a noddy (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), to make a fool of”)
Examples
3 sentencesNoddy wears a blue hat and red shoes.
Noddy drives a yellow car.
Noddy is a cab driver.
Origin
Noun etymology 1 sense 1 is possibly from nod (“to incline the head up and down; to graduaNoun etymology 1 sense 1 is possibly from nod (“to incline the head up and down; to gradually fall asleep”) + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns or familiar names); or a shortening of noddypoll, an obsolete alteration of hoddypoll (“fumbling, inept person”).
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Forms
noddies, noddying, noddied, noddiedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.