ˈnädē, -di noun
( -es )
Etymology: probably short for obsolete noddypoll, alteration (influenced by nod ) (I) of hoddypoll
1. : a stupid person : dunce , simpleton , fool
2.
a. also noddy tern : any of several stout-bodied terns of the genera Anoüs and Micranous chiefly of tropical and subtropical seas ; especially : a dark sooty brown tern ( A. stolidus ) common on the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States
b. Midland : ruddy duck
c. : fulmar
d. : razorbill
3.
a. : an old card game resembling cribbage
b. : jack 1c(1)
4.
[probably from nod (I) + -y ]
a. : a small usually 2-wheeled one-horse hackney vehicle formerly used in Ireland and Scotland
b. : an inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring that supports a rod having a bob at the top and used for measuring slight horizontal vibrations