verb intrans
to make a short downward movement of the head, e.g. in assent, understanding, or greeting
to make repeated down-and-up movements with the head
said of flowers or trees: to bend or sway gently downwards or forwards
to become drowsy or sleepy
to make a slip or error in a moment of inattention (with allusion to Horace, Ars Poetica 359: quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus ‘even good Homer sometimes nods’)
to incline (one's head) in a quick downward movement
to express (assent, approval, etc) by a nod
a nodding acquaintance
a slight acquaintance or knowledge
be on nodding terms
to know somebody slightly
nod something through
to approve something it with a nod, as distinct from a formal vote
nodder noun
[Middle English nodden, of Germanic origin]