nod|dle

nod|dle
nod|dle1 «NOD uhl», noun.
Informal. the head: »

Slatternly girls, without an idea inside their noddles (Anthony Trollope).

[Middle English nodel or nodul the back of the head; origin uncertain]
nod|dle2 «NOD uhl», transitive verb, intransitive verb, -dled, -dling.
to nod (the head) quickly or slightly.
[perhaps frequentative of nod]

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