tomnoddy

English

WOTD – 26 October 2008

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɒmˈnɒdɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɑmˈnɑdi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

tomnoddy (plural tomnoddies)

1. The puffin.
2. A fool or dunce.

Synonyms

• (puffin): parrot, puffin, sea-parrot
• (fool or dunce): dunce, fool, idiot

Translations

puffin — see puffin

a fool or dunce

• Bulgarian: глупак (bg) m (glupak), тъпак (bg) m (tǎpak)
• Finnish: tollo (fi)
• Spanish: burro (es) m, imbécil (es) m or f