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1. intransitive verb,- dd-1) (as signal) nicken2) (in drowsiness)2. transitive verb,she sat nodding by the fire — sie war neben dem Kamin eingenickt (ugs.)
- dd-1) (incline)nod one's head [in greeting] — [zum Gruß] mit dem Kopf nicken
2) (signify by nod)3. nounnod approval or agreement — zustimmend nicken
[Kopf]nicken, dasPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/89480/nod_off">nod off* * *[nod] 1. past tense, past participle - nodded; verb1) (to make a quick forward and downward movement of the head to show agreement, as a greeting etc: I asked him if he agreed and he nodded (his head); He nodded to the man as he passed him in the street.) nicken2) (to let the head fall forward and downward when sleepy: Grandmother sat nodding by the fire.) sitzend schlafen2. noun(a nodding movement of the head: He answered with a nod.) das Nicken- nod off* * *[nɒd, AM nɑ:d]to get the \nod grünes Licht bekommento give sb a \nod jdm zunickento give sb the \nod jdm ein Zeichen gebento give the \nod to sb jdm Zustimmung f signalisieren▶ a \nod's as good as a wink [to a blind horse [or man]] ( prov fam) es bedarf keiner weiteren Worte gehII. vt<- dd->1. (as signal)to \nod one's head mit dem Kopf nickento \nod [one's] agreement [or assent] zustimmend nickento \nod a farewell to sb jdm zum Abschied zunickenIII. vi<- dd->1. (as signal) nickenhe simply \nodded at the box he wanted us to take er zeigte einfach mit dem Kopf auf die Schachtel, die wir nehmen sollten; (as greeting)▪ to \nod to sb jdm zunicken* * *[nɒd]1. n1) Nicken ntto give sb a nod and a wink (fig) — jdm im Stillen zustimmen
a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind man) (inf) — schon verstanden, das wird er schon verstehen
2) (inf= sleep)
the land of Nod — das Land der Träume2. vihe nodded to me to leave — er gab mir durch ein Nicken zu verstehen, dass ich gehen sollte
2) (= doze) ein Nickerchen machen (inf)3)even Homer nods — Irren or irren ist menschlich (Prov)
3. vt1)to nod one's agreement/approval — zustimmend nicken
to nod a greeting/welcome to sb — jdm zum Gruß/zur Begrüßung zunicken
* * *A v/i1. nicken:a) oberflächliche(r) Bekannte(r),with mit);have a nodding acquaintance with sb jemanden flüchtig kennen;he has only a nodding acquaintance with mathematics er hat nur oberflächliche Mathematikkenntnisse;we are on nodding terms wir stehen auf dem Grüßfuß umg2. weitS. nicken, wippen (Blumen, Hutfedern etc)4. nicken, (im Sitzen) schlafen:nod off einnicken5. fig schlafen, unaufmerksam sein:Homer sometimes nods (Sprichwort) zuweilen schlummert auch HomerB v/t1. nod one’s head mit dem Kopf nicken2. a) (durch Nicken) andeuten:b) nod sb out jemanden hinauswinkenC sgive a nod nicken;give sb a nod jemandem zunicken;a nod is as good as a wink ( to a blind horse [ oder man]) (Sprichwort) umg ein kurzer Wink oder eine Andeutung genügt;on the nod Br umga) ohne weitere Diskussion,b) obs auf Pump2. Nickerchen n:go to the land of Nod einnicken* * *1. intransitive verb,- dd-1) (as signal) nicken2. transitive verb,- dd-1) (incline)nod one's head [in greeting] — [zum Gruß] mit dem Kopf nicken
3. nounnod approval or agreement — zustimmend nicken
[Kopf]nicken, dasPhrasal Verbs:- nod off* * *n.Nicken - n.Wink -e m. v.nicken v.schlafen v.(§ p.,pp.: schlief, geschlafen)
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off guard — Synonyms and related words: asleep, culpably negligent, derelict, goofing off, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, laissez faire, lax, loose, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, overly permissive … Moby Thesaurus
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drift off — {v. phr.} 1. To fall asleep, * /He kept nodding and drifting off to sleep while the lecturer was speaking./ 2. To depart; leave gradually. * /One by one, the sailboats drifted off over the horizon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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