Noddle

4 definitions found

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

  Noddle \Nod"dle\, n. [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because
     the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E.
     knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck.]
     1. The head; also, {noodle}; -- used jocosely or
        contemptuously.
  


     Syn: noggin.
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                Come, master, I have a project in my noddle.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     2. The back part of the head or neck. [Obs.]
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              For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she
              hath presented her locks in front, and no hold
              taken.                                --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noodle \Noo"dle\, n. [Cf. {Noddle}, {Noddy}.]
     1. A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]
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              The chuckling grin of noodles.        --Sydney
                                                    Smith.
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     2. The head; also, {noddle}; -- used jocosely or
        contemptuously; as, use your noodle.
  
     Syn: noggin.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noddle
       n : an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your
           noddle"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "noddle":
     bean, belfry, brain, brow, conk, crown, dome, encephalon,
     gray matter, head, headpiece, noggin, noodle, organ of thought,
     pate, poll, ridge, sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium,
     sensory