noddle
Americannoun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of noddle
1375–1425; late Middle English nodel
Example Sentences
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BST15:57 54 min Martin O’Neill is doing his noddle on the touchline as Glick comes around the wrong side of the ball and hooks Long’s knee with his.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2015
But the old man was tired and muddled with his backsight, and dreams were in his noddle.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
On his sister Jane approaching him, however, she perceived a drop of blood falling every second into the dirty water below, and exclaimed, "How hast thou broken thy noddle, Ned?"
From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
"Are you afraid I shall always be weak in my noddle?" he asked.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
Oh, I shall have to drive it into his noddle by force, I see!
From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice
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