Nodding

//ˈnɑdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of nod form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the flower facing downwards. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having branches or flower heads that bend downward wordnet

Synonyms

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absentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsorbedabstractedanesthetized

Example

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"I have a nodding acquaintance with Mr Smith."

Related phrases

nodding onion

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