noddy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 See also 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

probably a shortening of noddypoll, a now obsolete alteration of hoddypoll 'fumbling inept person'

[edit] Noun

noddy (plural noddies)

1. A stupid or silly person.
2. Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas.
3. (television) 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus
• Sooty Noddy, Anous tenuirostris
• Black Noddy, Anous minutus
• Blue Noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
• Grey Noddy, Procelsterna albivitta

[edit] See also

• Noddy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967