Nodding

Word NODDING
Character 7
Hyphenation nod ding
Pronunciations /ˈnɒdɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Nodding"

What do we mean by nodding?

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

To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

To sway, move up and down.

To gradually fall asleep.

To signify by a nod.

To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired

To head; to strike the ball with one's head.

To allude to something.

To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Nodding

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The word "nodding" in example sentences

I have tried to discipline myself in nodding knowingly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Watching a video of one such speech shows Palin nodding up and down after. ❋ Unknown (2008)

PCJ: I see his name nodding toward my son on the list, but not yours. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"My son, " Kezia repeated in English, nodding and pulling me into a hug. ❋ Obama, Barack (1995)

Then she pointed again, a little more to the right, and said something in Welsh, nodding her head. ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1958)

Because they had become addicted to what one driver called the "nodding acquaintance with death." ❋ Mark Yost (2011)

I'm reading it now based on his example though I don't know whether you can call nodding off at night after one page, and occasionally one paragraph, reading and I later heard that President Obama had taken it with him on his Christmas vacation to Hawaii. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

A pumpjack, also known as a nodding donkey, operates above a Chevron Corp. oil well in the Midway-Sunset oil field near Taft, Calif. in February. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A fragrant white or pink form is called the nodding wake robin. ❋ Ellen Eddy Shaw (N/A)

The main evidence of the town's petroleum past was an old-fashioned bobbing oil pump, known as a nodding donkey, which still stands in a parking lot near a bakery. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In any other political contest such a statement would blaze across newspaper headlines and be the topic of choice for pundits (who of course decry the lack of issues, but understand, winking and nodding, that issues are boring and slime, dirt and personal attacks sell papers). ❋ Unknown (2008)

LYDEN: So you're kind of nodding your head, Mary Kate, so if we do see the Democrats being somewhat better than they're predicted to do, that could be why. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I didn't respond very well, as I am shy and I think Hitchens is a jackass and an overrated writer, even when I agree with him, just kind of nodding and "ahh"ing. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

Oh, and eric, the only "nodding" I see happening is our beloved sen. nodding off in meetings! ❋ David (2006)

But it gets folks in their living rooms, in their bedrooms, where they're listening to this, kind of nodding their heads? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Testing not "nodding" by Beth Allen on November 7, 2007 - 5: 40pm ❋ Levy, Joshua (2007)

And Jackie was kind of nodding along in a rueful way about how mean Joe was. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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