(nods, nodding, nodded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you nod, you move your head downwards and upwards to show that you are answering 'yes' to a question, or to show agreement, understanding, or approval.
'Are you okay?' I asked. She nodded and smiled...
Jacques tasted one and nodded his approval...
'Oh, yes,' she nodded. 'I understand you very well.'
VERB: no passive, V, V n, V with quote
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Nod is also a noun.
She gave a nod and said, 'I see'...
He gave Sabrina a quick nod of acknowledgement.
N-COUNT: usu a N
2.
If you nod in a particular direction, you bend your head once in that direction in order to indicate something or to give someone a signal.
'Does it work?' he asked, nodding at the piano...
He lifted the end of the canoe, nodding to me to take up mine.
VERB: no passive, V prep, V to n to-inf
3.
If you nod, you bend your head once, as a way of saying hello or goodbye.
All the girls nodded and said 'Hi'...
Tom nodded a greeting but didn't say anything...
Both of them smiled and nodded at friends...
They nodded goodnight to the security man.
VERB: no passive, V, V n, V at/to n, V n to n
4.
In football, if a player nods the ball in a particular direction, they hit the ball there with their head. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Taylor leapt up to nod the ball home...
= head
VERB: V n adv/prep