NODDING

Meaning of NODDING in English

adj. casual, slight, superficial, distant; incomplete I know Graham slightly - he's a nodding acquaintance It was clear that the violinist had only a nodding acquaintance with Mozart's concerto.

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NODDING — adjective Date: 1565 bending downward or forward ; pendulous , drooping , slight , superficial
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NODDING — adjective Etymology: from present participle of nod (I) 1. : bending downward or forward : pendulous , drooping a plant …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NODDING — (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Английский словарь Webster
NODDING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nod
Английский словарь Webster
NODDING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Nod
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NODDING — ( a. ) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NODDING — Date: 1565 1. : bending downward or forward : pendulous , drooping a plant with nodding flowers 2. : slight …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NODDING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of nod. 2. nodding ·adj curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Webster English vocab
NODDING — [nodding] adj (1590) 1: bending downward or forward: pendulous, drooping "a plant with ~ flowers" 2: slight, superficial "a ~ …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NODDING — Synonyms and related words : absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, anesthetized, asleep, bagging, baggy, ballooning, bemused, castle-building, casual, cataleptic, comatose, daydreaming, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NODDING — Function: adjective Synonyms: SLEEPY 1, dozy, drowsy, ||peepy, ||sloomy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent, soporific
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NODDING — adjective Synonyms: sleepy 1, dozy, drowsy, ||peepy, ||sloomy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent, soporific
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NODDING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
NODDING — adj. Nodding is used with these nouns: ↑ acquaintance
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NODDING — кибание, кибательный Кивн&
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NODDING — Спящий
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NODDING — кивание, кивательный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NODDING — кивать; дремать, клевать носом направить (мяч) головой зазеваться; прозевать (что-л.), сделать ошибку по небрежности покоситься, грозить обвалом наклоняться, качаться, раскачиваться …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NODDING — кивать; дремать, клевать носом направить (мяч) головой зазеваться; прозевать (что-л.), сделать ошибку по небрежности покоситься, грозить обвалом наклоняться, качаться, раскачиваться (о деревьях и т. п.) наклонять, …
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NODDING — кибание, кибательный Кивн&
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NODDING — кивать
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NODDING — Function: adjective Date: 1565 1 : bending downward or forward : PENDULOUS , DROOPING <a plant with nodding flowers> 2 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NODDING ACQUAINTANCE — 1. a slight, incomplete, or superficial knowledge (of something or someone): He had only a nodding acquaintance with Italian and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOD — I. ˈnäd verb ( nodded ; nodded ; nodding ; nods ) Etymology: Middle English nodden; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOD — I. nod 1 W2 /nɒd $ nɑːd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle nodded , present participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOD — v. & n. --v. (nodded, nodding) 1 intr. incline one's head slightly and briefly in greeting, assent, or command. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOD — v. & n. v. (nodded, nodding) 1 intr. incline one's head slightly and briefly in greeting, assent, or command. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOD — v. & n. --v. (nodded, nodding) 1. intr. incline one's head slightly and briefly in greeting, assent, or command. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
NOD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a nod/smile/glance/look of approval ▪ ‘You’ve thought of everything,’ she said with a smile …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACQUAINTANCE — сущ. 1) знакомство upon further acquaintance ≈ при более близком знакомстве to make the acquaintance of smb. ≈ познакомиться с …
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ACQUAINTANCE — сущ. 1) знакомство upon further acquaintance ≈ при более близком знакомстве to make the acquaintance of smb. ≈ познакомиться с …
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