nod

CEFRB1

/nɒd/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move your head down and up, often to agree.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small movement of the head showing agreement.

Examples

  • Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.

  • Nancy greeted me with a nod from across the street.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

  2. To sway, move up and down.

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

More examples

In context

  • Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.

  • They nodded their assent.

  • Even Homer nods.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Please blank your head if you agree with the proposed plan of action.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”).