noddy

noun

A stupid or silly person.

1. Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas.
2. A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse.
3. 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.
4. An old card game.

1. 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.