Definition of "noddies" [noddies]

• Plural form of noddy. (noun)

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• "On the 8th, in the evening, one of those birds which sailors call noddies, settled on our rigging, and was caught."
• "Four of the six larger patches have each a sand bank near the middle, which do not appear to have been lately covered by the tide; and they are now more or less frequented by sea birds, such as noddies, boobies, tropic, and man-of-war birds, gannets, and perhaps some others."
• "Shot in locations ranging from Chelsea to Paris, Vienna to the Basque country, Welles proved a sharp but humble interviewer and boldly experimented with over-the-shoulder shots and "noddies" (response shots recorded separately from an interview then interwoven with the subject's answers), as well as location shooting, synchronised sound recording and handheld crime recreations."