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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
noddle
    n 1: an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your
         noddle"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Noddle \Nod"dle\, n. [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because
   the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E.
   knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck.]
   1. The head; also, noodle; -- used jocosely or
      contemptuously.

   Syn: noggin.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

              Come, master, I have a project in my noddle.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]

   2. The back part of the head or neck. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she
            hath presented her locks in front, and no hold
            taken.                                --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Noodle \Noo"dle\, n. [Cf. Noddle, Noddy.]
   1. A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]
      [1913 Webster]

            The chuckling grin of noodles.        --Sydney
                                                  Smith.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The head; also, noddle; -- used jocosely or
      contemptuously; as, use your noodle.

   Syn: noggin.
        [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for noddle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bean, belfry, brain, brow, conk, crown, dome, encephalon, gray matter, head, headpiece, noggin, noodle, organ of thought, pate, poll, ridge, sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory
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