Look up: Noddy

1. Noddy
   Nod'dy noun ; plural Noddies . [ Prob. from nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.] 1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange. 2. (Zoology) (a) Any tern of the genus A...
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2. noddy
   Origin: Prob. Fr. Nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness. ... 1. A simpleton; a fool. ... 2. <ornithology> Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. Stolidus. The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. ... 3. An old game at cards. ... ...
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3. Noddy
   • (n.) An old game at cards. • (n.) A simpleton; a fool. • (n.) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. • (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for dete...
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4. noddy
   (from the article `tern`) There are five species of noddy terns, or noddies, belonging to the genus Anous. Noddies, named for their nodding displays, are tropical birds with ...
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5. Noddy
   (from the article `cribbage`) Though commonly credited to the invention of the 17th-century English poet Sir John Suckling, cribbage clearly developed from an earlier game called ...
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6. Noddy
   Noddy is British slang for a buffoon, a simpleton, someone clumsy or ungainly.
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7. Noddy
   Noddy is British slang for a buffoon, a simpleton, someone clumsy or ungainly.
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8. noddy
   /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] 1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system. The archetypal noddy program is hello, world. Noddy code may be used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler. May be used ...
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9. noddy
   noddy, tropical tern including five species in the genus Anous. The name noddy is said to derive from their easy familiarity with man. Noddies are web-footed seabirds with long wings (though shorter than those of most terns) and pointed, tapering bills. They are highly gregarious, especially during ...
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10. Noddy
    (character) `Noddy` is a character created by British children`s author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963. Television shows based on the character have run on British television since 1955 and continue to appear to this day. Story: Noddy: Noddy is a little wooden boy who...
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11. Noddy
    (tern) `Noddies` are members of the tern family Sternidae in the genera Anous, Procelsterna, and Gygis. They are a tropical group, characterised by the notch-wedge shaped (not forked) tail; coastal and pelagic oceanic. Studies of mtDNA sequences (Bridge, 2005) have shown ...
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12. Noddy
    (card game) `Noddy` (O.F. naudin), Noddie, Nodde, is a 16th century English card game ancestor of Cribbage. It is the oldest identifiable card game with this gaming structure and a relative to the more-complicated 18th century game Costly Colours. History : The earliest r...
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13. Noddy
    (TV interview technique) `Noddy headshots` or `noddies ` are a type of camera shot used in recorded news or current affairs interviews. The noddies consist of nods and other similar "listening gestures" made by the interviewer. If only one camera is available at the interview site, ...
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