Noddy may refer to:

People

  • Noddy, nickname of Australian rugby league player Brett Kimmorley
  • Noddy Holder, English musician and actor, best known as vocalist and guitarist with Slade

Fictional characters

  • Noddy (character), a wooden man who lives in Toyland, created by children's author Enid Blyton
  • Noddy, nickname of Nicodemus Boffin, from the novel Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Arts and entertainment

Vehicles

  • Noddy, a small, usually two-wheeled, one-horse hackney carriage formerly used in Ireland and Scotland
  • Noddy bike, nickname for the Velocette LE motorcycles formerly used by the British police
  • Noddy (log canoe), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985

Other uses

  • Noddy (camera), a camera system use by the BBC 1963–1985
  • Noddy (bird), several species of tropical seabirds of the family Sternidae in the genera Anous, Procelsterna, and Gygis
  • Noddy, or nod shot, a video production technique used to create the illusion of a seamless dialogue
  • Noddy, an application for the Memotech MTX series of microcomputers
  • Noddy suit, nickname for a type of NBC suit with a pointed hood used by the British Armed Forces
  • NODDY, codename for a British Secret Intelligence Service operation to penetrate the Polish security establishment in the early 1960s
  • Noddy (as an adjective) Cumbernauldian in Glaswegian Slang e.g. Noddy Land, Noddy News

See also

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