[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

noddy \nod"dy\, n.; pl. noddies. prob. fr. nod to incline the
   head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.
   1. a simpleton; a fool. --l'estrange.

   syn: tomnoddy.
        1913 webster

   2. zool.
      a any tern of the genus anous, as anous stolidus.
      b the arctic fulmar fulmarus glacialis. sometimes
          also applied to other sea birds.
          1913 webster

   3. an old game at cards. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   4. a small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
noddies anous anous stolidus fulmarus glacialis 

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