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- [nod-ee]
- /ˈnɒd i/
- /noddy/
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- [nod-ee]
- /ˈnɒd i/
Definitions of noddy word
- noun plural noddy any of several dark-bodied terns of the genera Anous and Micranous found about the coasts and islands in warm seas of both the New and Old Worlds, often so tame as to seem stupid. 1
- noun plural noddy a fool or simpleton; noodle. 1
- noun noddy A silly or foolish person (especially as a general term of abuse). 1
- noun Definition of noddy in Technology /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] 1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system. The archetypal noddy program is hello, world. Noddy code may be used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler. May be used of real hardware or software to imply that it isn't worth using. "This editor's a bit noddy." 2. A program that is more or less instant to produce. In this use, the term does not necessarily connote uselessness, but describes a hack sufficiently trivial that it can be written and debugged while carrying on (and during the space of) a normal conversation. "I'll just throw together a noddy awk script to dump all the first fields." In North America this might be called a mickey mouse program. See toy program. 3. A simple (hence the name) language to handle text and interaction on the Memotech home computer. Has died with the machine. 1
- noun noddy any of several tropical terns of the genus Anous, esp A. stolidus (common noddy), typically having a dark plumage 0
- noun noddy a fool or dunce 0
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Origin of noddy
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; perhaps noun use of obsolete noddy (adj.) silly. See nod, -y1
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Parts of speech for Noddy
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noddy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
noddy usage trend in Literature
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