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nodding

'nɔdiŋ6 senses · 1080 ms
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verb/ˈnɑdɪŋ//ˈnɒdɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of nodform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈnɑdɪŋ//ˈnɒdɪŋ/
  1. 1

    The act by which one nods.

    • 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[…]
adj/ˈnɑdɪŋ//ˈnɒdɪŋ/
  1. 1

    Having the flower facing downwards.not-comparable

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