nod — OAT · Shobdo

nod

verb

1 all she could do was nod her head:

incline, bob, bow, dip, wag, duck.

2 he nodded to me to start:

signal, gesture, gesticulate, motion, sign, indicate.

3 even Homer nods:

make a mistake, be mistaken, be in error, be wrong, be incorrect, get something wrong, make an error, make a slip, err, trip up, stumble;

be careless, be inattentive, be negligent;

informal slip up.

□ nod off

the audience began to nod off:

fall asleep, go to sleep, get to sleep, doze off, drop off;

informal go off, drift off, crash out, flake out, go out like a light, conk out;

North American, informal sack out, zone out.

▷antonyms stay awake.

noun

1 at a nod from the manager, she dimmed the lights:

signal, indication, sign, cue;

gesture.

2 he greeted Ivan with a quick nod of his head:

inclination, bob, bow, dip, duck;

greeting, acknowledgment.

□ get the nod

Clarke got the nod, and really proved himself during the series:

be selected, be chosen, be picked, make the grade;

British be capped;

Australian, informal get a guernsey.

□ give someone or something the nod

1 Ronny Johnsen was given the nod in preference to David May:

select, choose, pick, go for;

British cap.

2 the chances are that the Lords will give the treaty the nod:

approve, agree to, sanction, ratify, endorse, say yes to, give one's approval to, rubber-stamp;

informal give something the go-ahead, give something the green light, OK, give something the OK, give something the thumbs up.

▷antonyms reject.