verb
- present participle of noddle; to nod repeatedly or gently
- to fish by letting the bait dip gently into the water
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Usage: fishing; archaic
noun
- the action of nodding or moving the head up and down
Usage: informal
Examples
- The child was noddling off to sleep in the warm afternoon sun.
- She spent the afternoon noddling by the riverbank with her fishing rod.
- His head kept noddling forward during the long lecture.
- The old man sat in his chair, noddling gently as he dozed.
- The fisherman was noddling his bait just below the surface of the water.
- The audience was noddling in agreement with the speaker's points.