nod
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forNorthern Thai . FromMiddle English nodden Old English *hnodian ( “ to nod, shake the head ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *hnodōn Proto-Germanic *hnudōną ( “ to beat, rivet, pound, push ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *kendʰ- *ken- ( “ to scratch, scrape, rub ” ) .[ 1] Old High German hnotōn ( “ to shake ” ) ,hnutten ( “ to shake, rattle, vibrate ” ) (> modern dialectalGerman 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 ” ) .
nod (third-person singular simple present nods present participle nodding simple past and past participle nodded
( ambitransitive ) incline thehead up anddown , as to indicateagreement .( ambitransitive ) ( ambitransitive ) 1819 On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm :Frail snowdrops that together cling / andnod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by.
( intransitive ) fall asleep .( transitive ) signify by a nod.Theynodded their assent.
( intransitive ) mistake by being temporarilyinattentive ortired ( transitive , intransitive , soccer ) head ; to strike the ball with one's head.Jonesnods the ball back to his goalkeeper.
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, inBBC [1] With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantlynodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.
( intransitive , figuratively ) allude to something.March 15 2012 , Soctt Tobias,The Kid With A Bike [Review]Though the titlenods to the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves—and Cyril, much like the father and son in that movie, spends much of his time tracking down the oft-stolen possession—The Kid With A Bike isn’t about the bike as something essential to his livelihood, but as his sole connection to the freedom and play of childhood itself. ( intransitive , slang ) fall asleep whileunder the influence ofopiates .incline the head up and down
Arabic:هَزَّ رَأْسَهُ ( hazza raʔsahu ) ( also means "to shake one's head" ) ,أَوْمَأَ (ar) ( ʔawmaʔa ) ,أَوْمَأَ بِرَأْسِهِ ( ʔawmaʔa biraʔsihi ) Belarusian:ківа́ць impf ( kivácʹ ) ,кіўну́ць pf ( kiŭnúcʹ ) Bulgarian:кимам (bg) impf ( kimam ) Burmese:ညိတ် ( nyit ) Catalan:fer que sí amb el cap assentir amb el cap capejar (ca) Cherokee:ᎠᎵᏍᎫᏍᎦ ( alisgusga ) Chinese:Mandarin:點頭 / 点头 (zh) ( diǎntóu ) Czech:kývat impf přikyvovat impf přikývnout (cs) pf Danish:nikke Dutch:knikken (nl) Esperanto:kapjesi (eo) ( indicate yes ) ,kapnei (eo) ( indicate no ) ,kapindiki (eo) ( indicate a direction ) Finnish:nyökätä (fi) ,nyökäyttää nyökyttää (fi) French:dodeliner (fr) ,hocher (fr) German:nicken (de) Greek:Ancient:νεύω ( neúō ) Hebrew:הרכין (he) Hungarian:bólint (hu) ,biccent (hu) ,igenel (hu) Icelandic:að kinka kolli Indonesian:mengangguk (id) Italian:annuire (it) ,accennare (it) ,scuotere (it) Japanese:頷く (ja) ( うなずく, unazuku ) Korean:끄덕이다 (ko) ( kkeudeogida ) Latin:nūtō adnuō (la) Macedonian:кли́ма impf ( klíma ) ,кли́мне pf ( klímne ) ,ки́ма impf ( kíma ) ,ки́мне pf ( kímne ) Maori:tungou tūngoungou ( refers to repeated action ) Mokilese:mwasoa Norwegian:nikke (no) Polish:kiwać (pl) impf kiwnąć (pl) pf Portuguese:assentir (pt) ,acenar (pt) Romanian:da din cap Russian:кива́ть (ru) impf ( kivátʹ ) ,кивну́ть (ru) pf ( kivnútʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:crom Serbo-Croatian:Roman:климати impf климнути pf Roman:klimati (sh) impf klimnuti (sh) pf Slovak:kývať impf prikývnuť pf Slovene:kimati (sl) impf Spanish:asentir (es) con la cabeza cabecear (es) Swedish:nicka (sv) Thai:ผงก (th) ( pà-ngòk ) ,พยัก (th) ( pá-yák ) Turkish:kafa sallamak Ukrainian:кива́ти impf ( kyváty ) ,кивну́ти pf ( kyvnúty ) Vietnamese:gật đầu (vi) ,gật (vi)
gradually fall asleep
Bulgarian:климам ( klimam ) ,задрямвам (bg) ( zadrjamvam ) Burmese:ငိုက် (my) ( nguik ) Catalan:capcinejar (ca) ,pesar figues (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:打盹 (zh) ( dǎdǔn ) Czech:klímat Dutch:knikkebollen (nl) Esperanto:ekdormadi dormeti ekdormeti Finnish:nuokkua (fi) French:dodeliner (fr) ,somnoler (fr) ,piquer du nez (fr) German:einnicken (de) Hungarian:bóbiskol (hu) Icelandic:að sofna Italian:addormentarsi (it) ,appisolarsi (it) ,cadere in catalessi Macedonian:задремува ( zadremuva ) ,дреме ( dreme ) Maori:kānewha Portuguese:cabecear (pt) Romanian:dormita (ro) Russian:клева́ть но́сом (ru) impf ( klevátʹ nósom ) ,задрема́ть (ru) pf ( zadremátʹ ) ,дрема́ть (ru) impf ( dremátʹ ) ( to doze ) Spanish:cabecear (es) Swedish:nicka till Thai:งุบ ( ngúp ) ,สัปหงก (th) ,โงก ( ngôok )
nod (plural nods
An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting. Areference orallusion to something.2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name) [2] Much likeMirror Mirror ,Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films. Sometimes thenods are clever—Stewart’s first night in the forest, among hallucinatory fog that gives the trees faces and clutching hands, evokes Disney’s animatedSnow White And The Seven Dwarfs from 1937.
Anomination .For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammynod , she has yet to win the award.
2011 Allen Gregory Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Really putting a damper on the ol' Tonynod . ( figurative ) Approval .The plan is expected to get thenod from councillors at the next meeting.
1964 Modern Railways , page86 :Has the BRB received a secretnod from the Ministry to continue the LMR electrification from Weaver Junction to Glasgow?
A state of half-consciousness;stupor .1988 August 20, Wickie Stamps, “Voluptuous Nudes and Withered Addicts”, inGay Community News , volume16 , number 6, page 7:Withered addicts drooped into chronic heroinnods .
instance of moving one's head
FromLatin nōdus Romanian nod
nod
knot FromLatin nōdō Romanian înnoda înnod noda
nod first-singular present indicative (past participle nudatã
toknot ,tie a knot FromOld Irish not Latin nota Doublet ofnóta
nod m genitive singular noid nominative plural noda
scribal contraction ,abbreviation hint ( clue; tacit suggestion ) Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “nod ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “not, nod ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language nod
ninety nod n definite singular nodet indefinite plural nod definite plural noda
abent spike on anail (or similar) which ishammered through a medium (e.g. a piece of wood) FromProto-West Germanic *naudi
nōd f
aneed anecessity for something Middle Low German:nōt Low German:Nood Westphalian:Sauerländisch:nôd Westmünsterländisch:Nood Plautdietsch:Noot Inherited fromLatin nōdus Proto-Indo-European *gned- *gnod- ( “ to bind ” ) .
nod n plural noduri
knot FromMiddle Welsh not Proto-Brythonic *nod Latin nota [ 1] Cornish nos Old Breton not Old Irish not Irish nod
nod m plural nodau diminutive nodyn not mutable )
mark ,brand aim ,objective ,goal Borrowed fromEnglish node Latin nōdus
nod m plural nodau or nodion not mutable )
( botany ) leaf node ( medicine ) node Synonym: oddf ( geometry , graph theory ) node ( physics ) node ( astronomy ) node Synonyms: cwlwm trawsglwm oddf See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
nod
Nasal mutation ofdod . ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nod ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
