noddle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

noddle
    n 1: an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your
         noddle"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Noddle \Nod"dle\, n. [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because
   the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E.
   knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck.]
   1. The head; also, {noodle}; -- used jocosely or
      contemptuously.

   Syn: noggin.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

              Come, master, I have a project in my noddle.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
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   2. The back part of the head or neck. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she
            hath presented her locks in front, and no hold
            taken.                                --Bacon.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Noodle \Noo"dle\, n. [Cf. {Noddle}, {Noddy}.]
   1. A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]
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            The chuckling grin of noodles.        --Sydney
                                                  Smith.
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   2. The head; also, {noddle}; -- used jocosely or
      contemptuously; as, use your noodle.

   Syn: noggin.
        [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "noddle":
      bean, belfry, brain, brow, conk, crown, dome, encephalon,
      gray matter, head, headpiece, noggin, noodle, organ of thought,
      pate, poll, ridge, sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium,
      sensory