nodding

Pluralnoddings

1. 1
   moving the headverb

   Present participle and gerund of nod. Use this -ing form for the action happening now or as a thing.

   She kept nodding while her teacher explained the rules.

   He was nodding along to the music in his headphones.

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2. 2
   a head movementnouncountable or uncountable

   A quick up-and-down movement of the head, often to say yes or to greet someone.

   Like tipping your head down and up again to mean "yes."

   A slight nodding of her head told him she agreed.

   His steady nodding showed that he was listening closely.

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3. 3
   hanging floweradjective

   Describes a plant whose flower hangs and faces toward the ground.

   Like a flower bowing its head down toward the soil.

   The nodding flowers hung low over the woodland path.

   We found a nodding violet drooping beside the stream.

   Similarnutant

   Oppositeerect, upright

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