Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an informal British expression for head or mind;
- Example: "use your noddle"
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]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
noddle
n 1: an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your
noddle"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "noddle":
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