Meaning

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement..

Definitions by Sense

1. (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
2. (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
3. (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
4. (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
5. (transitive) To signify by a nod.
6. (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
7. (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
8. (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.

Example Sentences

‘She has big breasts’, Chuck said. ‘Who? Patty? Oh yes.’ Hentman nodded. ‘Well, it’s that operation they give in Hollywood and New York. It’s more the rage now than the dilation, and she’s had that done, too.’

By every wind that nods the mountain pine.

Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by.

They nodded their assent.

Even Homer nods.

Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.

With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.

Though the title nods to the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves—and Cyril, much like the father and son in that movie, spends much of his time tracking down the oft-stolen possession—The Kid With A Bike isn’t about the bike as something essential to his livelihood, but as his sole connection to the freedom and play of childhood itself.

Word Forms

• nods
• nodding
• nodded

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When Should You Use Nod?

Use nod when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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