nodding

Definitions

noun

1

The act by which one nods.

The Commons, on the other hand, upon permission being granted to appear at their Lordships' bar, come in with as many and as sapient noddings of the head, as a wooden mandarin performs in a tea-dealer's window[…]

adj

1

Having the flower facing downwards.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, full, over, sufficient

VERB + NODDING

answer, communicate, head, kept, means, mouth, see, started

NODDING + NOUN

acquaintance, bartender, day, lot, mary, mr, one's, tom

PREP.

during, off, with

ADV.

already, sometimes

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having branches or flower heads that bend downward

cernuous
drooping
pendulous
weeping

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

nodding acquaintance

A casual or partial familiarity; a relationship which is not close or fully developed; an inexact understanding (of something).

None of the quarrymen were intimate friends of mine. I had a nodding acquaintance with them.

Example Bank

6

01

The Commons, on the other hand, upon permission being granted to appear at their Lordships' bar, come in with as many and as sapient noddings of the head, as a wooden mandarin performs in a tea-dealer

Wiktionary

02

I have a nodding acquaintance with Mr Smith.

Tatoeba · #51551

03

You kept nodding off during that lecture, didn't you?

Tatoeba · #54100

04

You were nodding off at times during my lecture.

Tatoeba · #69316

05

You are nodding over your work.

Tatoeba · #70154

06

I didn't get much sleep last night so I was nodding off all day at work.

Tatoeba · #244361