nodding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒdɪŋ

Verb

nodding

1. present participle of nod

Derived terms

• nodding acquaintance

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.