Lexic.us

Definition of Noddle

1. Noun. An informal British expression for head or mind. "Use your noddle"

Definition of Noddle

1. n. The head; - - used jocosely or contemptuously.

Definition of Noddle

1. Noun. (UK informal) the head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. ¹

2. Noun. (UK informal) the head; the seat of mental capacity or intellect ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) the back of the head, nape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Noddle

1. to nod frequently [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noddle

Literary usage of Noddle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"No roofe bad he to hide his noddle in. 1598. FLORIO, A Worlds of Wordes, ... He'l lay on Gifts with hands, and place On dullest noddle light and grace. ..."

2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"I made him some toast, and he ate like a ghost, And his old gray noddle, ... I took him to church, and he foil off his perch, And his old gray noddle, ..."

3. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"I made him some toast, and he ate like a ghost, And his old gray noddle, ... I took him to church, and he fell off his perch, And his old gray noddle, ..."

4. A Tour Through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of by John Pope (1888)
"... as fimilar to what now covers the noddle of your humble Servant." In the Neighbourhood of ... noddle ..."

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