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Noddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The head.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

n. the head; the seat of mental capacity or intellect

n. the back of the head, nape.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The head; also, noodle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

n. The back part of the head or neck.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The back part of the head or neck; also, the cerebellum.

n. The head.

To make light and frequent nods.

To nod or cause to nod frequently.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an informal British expression for head or mind

Word Usage

"And had it not been that they had very well antidoted their stomach, heart, and wine-pot, which is called the noddle, they had been altogether suffocated and choked with these detestable vapours."

Verb Form

noddles

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

psyche nous mind head brain

Variant

noodle

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

noggin

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