noodle

noodle
n
1.Slang. head, skull, cranium, Zool. cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; think tank, thinker; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk.
2. fool, ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yoyo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, cuckoo, idiot, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, noodlehead, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain, Sl. flake, rattlehead, rattlebrain, rattlepate, harebrain, Sl. dingbat, Sl. ding-a-ling; featherbrain, addle-brain, addle-head, addle-pate, pinhead; dolt, clod, oaf, dunce, Inf. chump, dullard, Inf. coot, Inf. numskull; dope, dummy. See fool(def.1).

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