Definitions for nodding

(express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval")

(lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer")

(let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair")

(sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze")

(be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace")

(having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers")