Usually means: Minimal knowledge, slight personal recognition.
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  1. nodding acquaintance: Merriam-Webster
  2. nodding acquaintance: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nodding acquaintance: Wiktionary
  4. nodding acquaintance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. nodding acquaintance: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. nodding acquaintance: Dictionary.com
  7. Nodding Acquaintance (EP), Nodding Acquaintance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (nodding acquaintance)

noun:  (idiomatic, usually followed by with) A casual or partial familiarity; a relationship which is not close or fully developed; an inexact understanding (of something).
noun:  (idiomatic) Someone who is a remote or passing acquaintance.

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