Noddy - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈnɒdɪ|  American pronunciation of the word noddy
Brit.  |ˈnɒdɪ|  British pronunciation of the word noddy

noun

- A stupid or silly person.
- Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas.
- (dated) A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse.
- 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.
- (television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview.
Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.

Extra examples

...which one of you noddies put an empty milk carton back in the fridge?...

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