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Webster 1913 Edition


Nodding

Nod′ding

,
Adj.
Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Come, master, I have a project in my
noddle
.
L’Estrange.
2.
The back part of the head or neck.
[Obs.]
For occasion . . . turneth a bald
noddle
, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nodding

NODDING

,
ppr.
Inclining the head with a short quick motion.

Definition 2024


nodding

nodding

English

Verb

nodding

  1. present participle of nod

Derived terms

Noun

nodding (plural noddings)

  1. The act by which one nods.
    • 1828, Robert Mudie, Babylon the Great
      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 []