Verb

(head)

(nod)

Verb

(nodd)

(transitive, and, intransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

(transitive, and, intransitive) To sway, move up and down.

* Keats

By every wind that nods the mountain pine.

* 1819 "Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by." (Wordsworth, On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm )

To gradually fall asleep.

To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired

Even Homer nods .

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

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, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=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 brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot. }}

(figuratively) To allude to something.

* March 15 2012 , Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]

Though the title nods 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.

(slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.