nodded

verb

past tense of nod
as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements though she couldn't see the rain, she knew it had started because she could see the flowers nod as raindrops hit them

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Recent Examples of nodded Manning nodded his head with a smile from his seat among the Hall of Famers. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 The costume nodded to the cover of D4vd’s first EP, Petals to Thorns, and helped Alvarez win a $1,000 fan prize. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 Birdie nodded, though the answer was more complicated than a simple yes. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 Those in the know noticed an especially sentimental aspect to her appearance this weekend, as the Princess wore jewelry that nodded to those dearest to her heart. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Aug. 2026 For the occasion, their 11-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, opted for a look that nodded not only to her mother’s signature chic style, but also to her grandmother Princess Diana’s style playbook. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026 Baker smiled widely, nodded his head, greeted Ortiz in Spanish, chuckled and walked over to Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero, giving each of them hugs and pats on the back. — Jose De Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 The slick-haired starter nodded, brought a glove to his face and began his delivery. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 27 July 2026 Somehow, four days after a meeting where everyone nodded along in apparent agreement, her team almost seems to be working on entirely different ideas. — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodded
  1. bobbed
  2. shook
  3. pumped
  4. jerked
Verb
  • My Lady Clam bobbed in the water, which didn’t look so turbulent from where Kath sat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of bobbed
Verb
  • None of this much mattered to student Aayden Vasquez, who is excited about starting at Pacoima Middle School and shook hands with Chait, Garcha and anyone else who offered a palm during their visit to his home.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Tarrant County District Attorney In mid-November 1996, Narez shook her daughter, Kasandra White, and threw the child into a wall, causing her head to strike a door, according to the 1999 Tarrant County grand jury indictment.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • In 1996, the building was purchased and $9 million was pumped into it for renovations.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Then there’s Coravin, the wine preservation system that, in its original iteration, used a needle to puncture a bottle’s cork in a way that let wine out and pumped argon gas in to preserve what’s left.
    — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of pumped
Verb
  • But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Definition of jerked

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