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noddying

noddying is the present participle and gerund of noddy.

Meaning of noddy

Verb

noddy (third-person singular simple present noddies, present participle noddying, simple past and past participle noddied)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Synonym of noddify (“to make (someone) into a noddy (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), to make a fool of”)
    • If ſuch an Aſſe be noddied for the nonce, / I ſay but this, to helpe his Idle fit; / Let him but thanke himſelfe for lacke of VVit, […]1600, N[icholas] B[reton], Pasquils Fooles-cap Sent to Such (to Keepe Their Weake Braines Warme) as are Not Able to Conceiue Aright of His Mad-cap. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock], for Thomas...
    Synonyms:
    noddify

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Questions about noddying

What is noddying the present participle and gerund of?
Noddying is the present participle and gerund of noddy.

Words near noddying in the dictionary

  1. noddy
  2. Noddy cap
  3. Noddy caps
  4. Noddy suit
  5. Noddy suits
  6. noddying
  7. node
  8. node of Ranvier
  9. node of Rouvière
  10. node-voltage analysis
  11. noded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: noddying (page history and authors); noddy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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