nod

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In short, you know what I mean, and I needn't follow it out, for a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse But the Lord have mercy on merchants, any fool will get along as well as the best of them now.

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  1. intransitive verb To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.
  2. intransitive verb To let the head fall forward when sleepy.
  3. intransitive verb To be careless or momentarily inattentive as if sleepy; lapse: Even Homer nods.
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  • With a nod, the woman began to circulate, whispering her message. —  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2005
  • Chester offered a quick nod, then forced himself to speak. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 04 - April 2001
  • Renn gave a slow nod, a pained expression upon his face. —  Cheyenne McCray - Spellbound.pdf.htm
  • I gave her a slight nod, then turned back to Zach. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
  • Ronyl gave me a brief nod, and I glanced at Chase. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
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shrug ·  gesture ·  grin ·  shake ·  chuckle ·  reply ·  greet ·  sigh ·  whisper ·  stare ·  wink ·  grunt

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nod:   nodded ·  nodding ·  nods
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English nodden; perhaps akin to Middle High German notten.

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  1. from Middle English nodden (not in Anglo-Saxon); cf. German dial. freq. notteln, shake, wag, jog, akin to Old High German hnōtōn, nuotōn, shake. Hence nidnod. The root seen in L. *nuere (past participle *nutus), nod (in comp. abnuere, etc.), is apparently unrelated: see nutant.
  2. from nod, v.
 

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