nod
nod is a 3-letter English word with 15 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
- intransitive verb. To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
- intransitive verb. To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
- transitive verb. To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.
- transitive verb. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
- transitive verb. To cause to bend.
- noun. A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
- noun. A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.
- noun. the act of nodding the head
- noun. a sign of assent or salutation or command
- verb. be almost asleep
"The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"
- verb. let the head fall forward through drowsiness
"The old man was nodding in his chair"
- verb. lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
"The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
- verb. express or signify by nodding
"He nodded his approval"
- verb. sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
"the flowers were nodding in the breeze"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nod:
Common word forms
nods, nodal, noded, nodes, nodded, nodder, nodous, nodding
Words from these letters
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