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A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
Johannes Tauler

Meaning of "nodding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NODDING

nodding  [ˈnɒdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NODDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nodding is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NODDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nod (gesture)

A nod of the head is a gesture in which the head is tilted in alternating up and down arcs along the sagittal plane. In many cultures, it is most commonly, but not universally, used to indicate agreement, acceptance, or acknowledgment.

Definition of nodding in the English dictionary

The definition of nodding in the dictionary is lowering and raising briefly, as to indicate agreement, invitation, etc. Other definition of nodding is swaying or bending forwards and back.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NODDING


according
əˈkɔːdɪŋ
adding
ˈædɪŋ
building
ˈbɪldɪŋ
codding
ˈkɒdɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
holding
ˈhəʊldɪŋ
including
ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ
leading
ˈliːdɪŋ
loading
ˈləʊdɪŋ
modding
ˈmɒdɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
plodding
ˈplɒdɪŋ
prodding
ˈprɒdɪŋ
providing
prəˈvaɪdɪŋ
quadding
ˈkwɒdɪŋ
reading
ˈriːdɪŋ
sodding
ˈsɒdɪŋ
wadding
ˈwɒdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NODDING

nod out
nodal
nodality
nodalize
nodally
nodated
nodation
nodded
nodder
noddies
nodding acquaintance
nodding dog
nodding donkey
noddingly
noddle
noddy
node
node house
node of Ranvier
nodi

WORDS THAT END LIKE NODDING

bedding
bidding
bread pudding
budding
cladding
competitive bidding
double wedding
embedding
forbidding
gladding
kidding
padding
pudding
Redding
regarding
shedding
shredding
sledding
wedding
white wedding
Yorkshire pudding

Synonyms and antonyms of nodding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NODDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nodding» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nodding

Translation of «nodding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NODDING

Find out the translation of nodding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nodding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nodding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

点头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asintiendo
570 millions of speakers

English

nodding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الايماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кивая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assentindo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অল্প সময়ের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hochant la tête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengangguk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

会釈する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

끄덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nodding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gật đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலையசைப்பவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्तब्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baş sallama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

annuendo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kiwając głową
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

киваючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

din cap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γνέφει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nickande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nikker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nodding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NODDING»

The term «nodding» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NODDING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nodding» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nodding» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nodding

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9 QUOTES WITH «NODDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nodding.
1
Patricia Briggs
My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.
2
Joan Didion
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
3
Dave Eggers
You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time.
4
Ezekiel Emanuel
Where I came from, just nodding and smiling when someone expressed views was the ultimate insult. If people weren't yelling about politics in our house then they were arguing about music, or movies, or food.
5
Jon Landau
Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their entire audience. Both were proclaimed revolutionaries for their early work and subjected to exhaustive attack when later works were thought to be inferior. Both developed their art without so much as a nodding glance toward their peers.
6
Tucker Max
Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and nodding, but do you realize how few people, when asked the basic question, 'What can you do?' stumble on the answer and have nothing to say? Most people.
7
William Powell
Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
8
Johannes Tauler
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
9
Kenneth Williams
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NODDING»

Discover the use of nodding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nodding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Story of a Nodding Donkey
The Nodding Donkey dated his birth from the day he received the beautiful coat of varnish in the workshop of Santa Claus at the North Pole.
Laura Lee Hope, 1stworld Library, 2006
2
Nodding: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations NoddingThe time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.ndash;Henry HaskinsSometimes even good old Homer nods.ndash;HoraceA woman who can't forgive should never have more ...
‎2008
3
Your Best Nap Now: 7 Steps to Nodding Off at Your Full Potential
This new book from the full-time comedy writer follows in the wake of It's Always Darkest Before the Fridge Door Opens and the bestselling Didn't My Skin Used to Fit?
Martha Bolton, 2009
4
Nonverbal Communication
The first encoding experiment also yielded the following two results relating to an additional interpretation for head nodding: the inverse correlation between head- nodding rate and scores on the Dominance scale, and the grouping of the ...
Albert Mehrabian, 1977
5
Nodding Dogs and Vinyl Roofs: The Weird World of Quirky Car ...
This is a fascinating and amusing A to Z of some of the myriad accessories, go-faster gadgets and novelty trinkets that have been available to motorists over the years.
Stephen Vokins, 2009
6
An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
1118 Panicle one-sided nodding elongated, florets rough at end, Leaves setaceous keeled very short 1119 Panicle one-sided erect, Florets rough at the end. Leaves setaceous shorter than their sheath 1190 Panicle nearly erect. Flower-stalks ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
7
Biological Control of Weeds in Australia
Doing H, Biddiscombe EF and Knedlhans S (1969) Ecology and distribution of the Carduus nutans group (nodding thistles) in Australia. Vegetation 17, 313–351 . Freese G (1993) The insect complexes associated with the stems of seven thistle ...
Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen, Jim Cullen, 2012
8
Complete Fiction:
John A.Walker. It soon became apparent that the Money—lovers from Glasgow travelled up and down to London just about every other week, and they loved the place. In the reception area the Nodding Horseman started to become excited.
John A.Walker
9
Dan Bryant's "Shoo Fly" Songster
_ Blue-eyed violets are nodding Where our darling is at rest; And the little birds are singing Sweetest carols o'er her In-east; No more sorrow may betide her, For she sleeqs in quiet there Where the vio ets are nodding In the gentle spring-time  ...
Dan Bryant, 1869
10
The Tourists' Flora: a Descriptive Catalogue of the ...
(Stems sim» plc, САН.) L. silky, bipinnatipartitc, on long stalks. Segm. and sessile floral L. lunceolnte. 1"l. nodding, nearly globose. p. 7, В. High valleys. Sars, Sw. 11. scoparia. Stem simple, erect. Pan. spreading. L. bi- tripinnatifid: outline суме.
Joseph WOODS (F.A.S.), 1850

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NODDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nodding is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Blue Öyster Cult 1972-1975: Midnight in the Garden of Leather'n'Evil
... dared to blend a dozen incompatible styles yet make the assault absolutely workable, dared to appear to be thinking intensely yet nodding off ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
2
CPO possible for 'skyscraper' if Purley Cross scheme stalls
Peter Nodding, senior minister at the church, said the possibility of a CPO on the island site had only been mentioned to the church once, by a ... «Croydon Advertiser, Jul 15»
3
2 experimental apps from Microsoft Garage you need to test drive
Imagine you're in a meeting, smiling and nodding but secretly pondering a choice of chicken or meatloaf for dinner. Suddenly, you realize your ... «CIO, Jul 15»
4
Utopia Would Be 4-6 Medals In Pool, 2-3 Open Water, Says German …
... her comment nodding to the status of the world championships as the No1 event within its own realm but No 2 when it comes to the biggest ... «SwimVortex.com, Jul 15»
5
Pixels: Adam Sandler stars in rerun of whole nerds' vengeance …
Everyone would be nodding in approval, singing along as Billy Squier chants, “Stroke! Stroke!” The hopeless class clown would become the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
6
Walk with Francis
... the talk,” not only nodding in agreement with the pope but making sure we are ourselves engaged in following the Lord with joy in our hearts, ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Life sentence for son who killed mother
Samantha described Gwen as being "just a beautiful person" with other family members nodding in agreement. - By Ilona Hanne of the ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
8
More power to your nap
If you want to energise yourself in the middle of a workday, try nodding off for 20 minutes. Daytime sleeping is the best boost that doctors order. «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
9
Body language tips for interview success
Express enthusiasm throughout your interview through positive gestures such as nodding, agreeing and smiling when appropriate. • Keep it ... «Financial News, Jul 15»
10
Beaming from the bimah, a bat mitzvah for the ages
I sneaked a look at my mother. She was listening, nodding her head. The service began. My mother and I sat next to each other with the rest of ... «Jweekly.com, Jul 15»

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