Cái gật đầu; sự cúi đầu (chào); sự ra hiệu, sự ra lệnh

to give a nod of assent

gật đầu bằng lòng (tán thành)

to answer with a nod

trả lời bằng một cái gật đầu

to give someone a nod

gật đầu (cúi đầu) chào ai

to have someone at one's nod

có quyền sai khiến ai; có ai dưới quyền

Sự gà gật

Gật đầu; cúi đầu (chào); ra hiệu

he nodded to show that he understood

anh ta gật đầu ra ý hiểu

to nod to someone

gật đầu với ai; gật đầu chào ai

to nod assent (approval); to nod "yes"

gật đầu bằng lòng (tán thành, đồng ý)

to nod someone to go

ra hiệu cho ai đi đi

to have a nodding acquaintance with someone

quen biết ai sơ sơ

to have a nodding acquaintance with some subject

biết qua loa về vấn đề gì

Nghiêng, xiên

the wall nods to its fall

bức tường nghiêng đi sắp đổ

colonialism nods to its fall

chủ nghĩa thực dân bước vào thời kỳ suy vong

Đu đưa, lắc lư (chòm lá, chòm lông...)

Gà gật

he sat nodding by the fire

hắn ngồi gà gật bên lò sưởi

Vô ý phạm sai lầm

to be gone to the land of Nod

buồn ngủ díp mắt lại, ngủ gà ngủ gật

on the nod

không cần bàn cãi

Thiếu, chịu

to be served on the nod

ăn chịu

Homer sometimes nods

Thánh cũng có khi lầm

a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse)

nói ít hiểu nhiều, nói thoáng qua là hiểu ngay

V.

Greet, acknowledge, recognize: The maŒtre d'h“tel noddedto me as I entered the restaurant.

Say yes; consent, assent,agree, concur, acquiesce: Asked if she had seen Nick, thebarmaid nodded. I asked permission to leave the room and theteacher nodded. 3 doze (off), nap, drowse, drop off, fallasleep: Exhausted travellers nodded in their chairs waiting fortheir flights to be announced. 4 slip (up), err, make a mistake,be mistaken or wrong; be careless or negligent or lax orinattentive: Sometimes, even Homer nods.

N.

Signal, sign, cue, indication, gesture: I saw him givea nod to the barber, who suddenly held a cutthroat razor to mythroat. 6 approval; consent, acquiescence, concurrence, assent,agreement, Colloq OK or okay: The company has given me the nodto open an office in Acapulco.

V. & n.

V. (nodded, nodding) 1 intr. incline one's headslightly and briefly in greeting, assent, or command.

Intr.let one's head fall forward in drowsiness; be drowsy.

Tr.incline (one's head).

Tr. signify (assent etc.) by a nod.

Intr. (of flowers, plumes, etc.) bend downwards and sway, ormove up and down.

Intr. make a mistake due to a momentarylack of alertness or attention.

Intr. (of a building etc.)incline from the perpendicular (nodding to its fall).

N. anodding of the head.

Get the nod US be chosen or approved.nodding acquaintance (usu. foll. by with) a very slightacquaintance with a person or subject. nod off colloq. fallasleep. nod through colloq.

Approve on the nod.

Brit.Parl. formally count (a Member of Parliament) as if having votedwhen unable to do so. on the nod colloq.

With merely formalassent and no discussion.

On credit.

Noddingly adv. [MEnodde, of unkn. orig.]