noddy

noun

1. A stupid or silly person.

2. Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas.

3. (dated) A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse.

4. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

5. (obsolete, uncountable) An old card game.

6. (television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview.

- Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.