Definition of Nod

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Definition of Nod

Nod

To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.

To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.

To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.

To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

To cause to bend.

A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.

A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.

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Nod Quotations

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.
Lord Byron

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
Gerald R. Ford

I've seen Keith fall asleep at business meetings about millions of dollars for him-because of heroin, just nod out and then wake up and answer a question.
Charlie Watts

Previously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally.
Guy Ritchie

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
George Byron

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.
Earl Long

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.
Charlotte Bunch

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.
Gerald Clarke

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.
Jean Ingelow

Nod Translations

nod in Dutch is ja knikken, knikken
nod in German is schlafen, Nicken, Wink
nod in Italian is annuire
nod in Latin is nutus
nod in Portuguese is assentimento
nod in Swedish is nicka, nick

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