nodding

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒdɪŋ

Verb

nodding

  1. present participle of nod

Derived terms

Noun

nodding (plural noddings)

  1. The act by which one nods.
    • 1828, Robert Mudie, Babylon the Great
      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 […]

Adjective

nodding (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having the flower facing downwards.
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