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Added 9 October 2026

nod

/nɒd/ symbol

In Latin: nūtō, adnuō Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Northern Thai.

verb

To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
To sway, move up and down.

noun

An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
A reference or allusion to something.
A nomination.
For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award.

Origin

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”).

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