noddy

English - Turkish

Definition of noddy in English Turkish dictionary

bir deniz kırlangıcı

{i} ahmak

{i} deniz kırlangıcı

{i} budala

ahmak veya budala kimse

Related Terms

tom noddy

tom budala

English - English

Definition of noddy in English English dictionary

Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas

A stupid or silly person

A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, that is used to cover an editing gap in an interview. Such scenes are often filmed after the interview in question has finished

{n} a simpleton, a species of gull

a character in children's books by the British writer Enid Blyton. He wears a little blue hat with a bell on the top, and drives a yellow and red car around Toytown, with his friend Big Ears

sterling, or about $1

An old game at cards

An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s

stolidus

A European fish; the lyrie

A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle

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Elementary, trivial or petty

Any tern of the genus Anous, as A

Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous

Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Micranous in tropical seas

The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

Sometimes also applied to other sea birds

A simpleton; a fool

To make noble; to ennoble

The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobili

{i} stupid person, fool; type dark-colored aquatic bird, tropical tern

A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent

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

Hyphenation

nod·dy

Etymology

[ 'nä-dE ] (noun.) circa 1530. probably a shortening of noddypoll, a now obsolete alteration of hoddypoll 'fumbling inept person'