01 n. A simpleton; a fool.
pl.
Noddies ((#))
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1.
A simpleton; a fool.
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2.
Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus.(Zool.)
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3.
An old game at cards.
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4.
A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
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5.
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.
Syn.
tomnoddy.