Definition of nod

• v. i. - To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
• v. i. - 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.
• v. i. - To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
• v. t. - To cause to bend.
• n. - A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
• n. - 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.