head noddingn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛd ˌnɒdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛd ˌnɑdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, nodding n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + nodding n. Compare slightly earlier head-nodding adj.

1. The action or an act of nodding one's head to express assent, greeting, etc.; cf. nod v. 1b. Also: the action of nodding one's head in time to a musical beat; cf. head-nodding adj. 2.

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1834 London Jrnl. 20 Aug. 167/2 The head-noddings, the ‘Ah's’, the expressive silence of the different personages.

1856 John Bull & Britannia 5 July 428/3 [They] played what everybody has heard half-a-dozen times during the season..which, to judge by the nervous time-tapping and head-nodding of the audience, would seem as familiar to them as to the beat of our chefs d'attaque.

1870 Austral. Jrnl. Jan. 288/2 When the..departures took place..it was one continual scene of handshaking, good-byeing, and head nodding.

1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 136 The sly pointings and head-noddings that fill the place when Winchell strides to his table.

1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. n19 The soul-jazz instrumentals exude a gleeful sense of rhythm that still inspires head nodding and finger snapping two decades later.

2008 V. Laurie Demons are Ghoul's Best Friend 35 ‘You must be Gilley,’ she said, and was rewarded with some enthusiastic head nodding.

2. The action of repeatedly, and often violently, nodding or shaking the head, as a form of headbanging (headbanging n. 1); an instance of this.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > morbid preoccupation > purposeless repetition of words or movements

verbigeration1877

headbanging1886

head nodding1889

echopraxia1904

stereotypy1909

undoing1927

1889 H. Ashby & G. A. Wright Dis. Children xxv. 449 Head-nodding and Head-shaking, going on constantly..in infants and young children, are the result of a clonic reflex spasm of the sterno-mastoids.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 910 The attacks of petit mal which may accompany head-nodding.

1905 Ann. Ophthalmol. 14 435 Different writers having described cases [of spasmus nutans] under the names of gyrospasm, rotary-head-spasm, head noddings, and head-jerkings.

1999 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Jan. 90/2 The combination of head nodding and cyanosis identified seven out of 10 hypoxaemic children.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head nodding
释义	head noddingn. Brit. /ˈhɛd ˌnɒdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛd ˌnɑdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, nodding n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + nodding n. Compare slightly earlier head-nodding adj. 1. The action or an act of nodding one's head to express assent, greeting, etc.; cf. nod v. 1b. Also: the action of nodding one's head in time to a musical beat; cf. head-nodding adj. 2. ΚΠ 1834 London Jrnl. 20 Aug. 167/2 The head-noddings, the ‘Ah's’, the expressive silence of the different personages. 1856 John Bull & Britannia 5 July 428/3 [They] played what everybody has heard half-a-dozen times during the season..which, to judge by the nervous time-tapping and head-nodding of the audience, would seem as familiar to them as to the beat of our chefs d'attaque. 1870 Austral. Jrnl. Jan. 288/2 When the..departures took place..it was one continual scene of handshaking, good-byeing, and head nodding. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 136 The sly pointings and head-noddings that fill the place when Winchell strides to his table. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. n19 The soul-jazz instrumentals exude a gleeful sense of rhythm that still inspires head nodding and finger snapping two decades later. 2008 V. Laurie Demons are Ghoul's Best Friend 35 ‘You must be Gilley,’ she said, and was rewarded with some enthusiastic head nodding. 2. The action of repeatedly, and often violently, nodding or shaking the head, as a form of headbanging (headbanging n. 1); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > morbid preoccupation > purposeless repetition of words or movements verbigeration1877 headbanging1886 head nodding1889 echopraxia1904 stereotypy1909 undoing1927 1889 H. Ashby & G. A. Wright Dis. Children xxv. 449 Head-nodding and Head-shaking, going on constantly..in infants and young children, are the result of a clonic reflex spasm of the sterno-mastoids. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 910 The attacks of petit mal which may accompany head-nodding. 1905 Ann. Ophthalmol. 14 435 Different writers having described cases [of spasmus nutans] under the names of gyrospasm, rotary-head-spasm, head noddings, and head-jerkings. 1999 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Jan. 90/2 The combination of head nodding and cyanosis identified seven out of 10 hypoxaemic children. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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