noddle

[nod-l]

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noun Older Slang.

the head or brain.

Origin of noddle

1375–1425; late Middle English nodel

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Related Words for noddle

coconut, mug, pate, dome, cup, belfry, upstairs, skull, attic, crown, cranium, brain, noggin, scalp, poll, thinker

Examples from the Web for noddle

Historical Examples of noddle

I remember him because it took some explainin' to get the bet through his noddle.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
Don't you see that I may have become a rather desirable match for a noddle?
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
And now the sun declines between the Noddle Fell and Bleaberry.
The Shadow of a Crime
Hall Caine
Bless your noddle, there's plenty on 'em, ef a man knows beans.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
Various
You've had considerable of a hurt though, along side of your noddle.
The Riflemen of the Miami
Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for noddle

noddle

noun

informal, mainly British the head or brainsuse your noddle!

Word Origin for noddle

C15: origin obscure

noddle

verb

informal, mainly British to nod (the head), as through drowsiness

Word Origin for noddle

C18: from nod

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