nodcock
/ˈnɒdkɒk/Now chiefly archaic and regional
noun
A fool; a simpleton.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Breton (?1555–c1626), poet. Probably from nod + -cock, hypocoristic suffix. Compare slightly earlier nodgecock and slightly later niddicock.
- throw shade
- throw shapes
- throw someone a bone
- throw someone a curve
- throw someone a curveball
- throw someone out
- throw someone over
- throw someone to the dogs
- throw someone to the lions
- throw someone to the wolves
- throw someone under the bus
- throw something away
- throw something back in someone's face
- throw something down
- throw something in
- throw something off
- throw something on (or into) the scale
- throw something open
- throw something out
- throw something overboard
- throw something together
- throw something up
- throwster
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- throw the book at