nod

To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.ambitransitive

• ‘She has big breasts’, Chuck said. ‘Who? Patty? Oh yes.’ Hentman nodded. ‘Well, it’s that operation they give in Hollywood and New York. It’s more the rage now than the dilation, and she’s had that done, too.’

To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.ambitransitive

To sway, move up and down.ambitransitive

• By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
• Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by.

To gradually fall asleep.intransitive

To signify by a nod.transitive

• They nodded their assent.

To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tiredintransitive

• Even Homer nods.

To head; to strike the ball with one's head.intransitivetransitive

• Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.

To allude to something.figurativelyintransitive

• Though the title nods to the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves—and Cyril, much like the father and son in that movie, spends much of his time tracking down the oft-stolen possession—The Kid With A Bike isn’t about the bike as some

To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.intransitiveslang

An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.

A reference or allusion to something.

• Early into Zootopia 2, a character celebrates how easy it was to teach everyone to “set aside their differences and solve bias and prejudice forever”—a winking nod towards the mixed reception of the first film’s themes.

A nomination.

• For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award.
• Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Really putting a damper on the ol' Tony nod.

Approval.figuratively

• The plan is expected to get the nod from councillors at the next meeting.

A state of half-consciousness; stupor.

• Withered addicts drooped into chronic heroin nods.