Usually means: Gesture indicating agreement or acknowledgment.
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  1. nod: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Nod, Nod, nod, nod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nod: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nod, the nod: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nod: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nod, nod: Wordnik
  7. nod: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. NOD, nod: Wiktionary
  9. nod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nod: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nod: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Nod, nod: Dictionary.com
  13. nod (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nod: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. NOD, Nod (gesture), Nod: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nod: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nod: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nod: Rhymezone
  19. nod: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nod: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Nod: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. nod: Free Dictionary
  23. nod: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. nod: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. nod: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. nod-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. nod: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nod: Encyclopedia

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  1. nod-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. NOD: Acronym Finder
  2. NOD: Three Letter Words with definitions
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  4. nod: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nod: Easton Bible
  2. Nod: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nod: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nod, nod, nod, nod, nod, nod: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Nod: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. N.O.D, N.O.D, no'd, the nod: Urban Dictionary

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  1. NOD: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To sway, move up and down.
verb:  (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
verb:  (transitive) To signify by a nod.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
noun:  An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
noun:  A reference or allusion to something.
noun:  A nomination.
noun:  (figurative) Approval.
noun:  A state of half-consciousness; stupor.
noun:  (law) Initialism of notice Of disagreement; filed by an appellant in response to a denial of veteran's benefits in United States law.
noun:  (military, US) Initialism of Night Optical/Observation Device.

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