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noddle

[nod-l]
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noun Older Slang.
  1. the head or brain.
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Origin of noddle

1375–1425; late Middle English nodel
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Related Words for noddle

coconut, mug, pate, dome, cup, noddle, 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.

  • Bless your noddle, there's plenty on 'em, ef a man knows beans.

  • You've had considerable of a hurt though, along side of your noddle.

British Dictionary definitions for noddle

noddle

1
noun
  1. informal, mainly British the head or brainsuse your noddle!
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Word Origin for noddle

C15: origin obscure

noddle

2
verb
  1. informal, mainly British to nod (the head), as through drowsiness
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Word Origin for noddle

C18: from nod
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