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 As DeLonge nodded his head and got emotional, the on-air broadcast team set the scene for viewers at home. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026 Deisseroth nodded to the community of scientists who worked with him and his co-laureates to make their advances possible. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 Laura nodded, and the two of them found conjoined desks at the very front of the classroom. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 The longtime Paul McCartney collaborator smiled and nodded, taking in the moment during the final night of Eddie Vedder‘s annual Southern California festival. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026 During the commission’s inaugural meeting last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth nodded to past efforts. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026 The store nodded to Tiffany’s ties to California, with blue and violet floral arrangements inspired by the state’s natural landscape. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Whatley nodded at voters' economic angst but blamed Democrats for the problem. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026 Ditto for Selena Gomez in her golden Louis Vuitton column gown, which nodded to the Emmy statuette. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodded
  1. bobbed
  2. shook
  3. pumped
  4. jerked
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  • On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.
    — Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bobbed
Verb
  • In other Asian Games events like hockey, players from both countries did embrace each other and shook hands with each other after India beat Pakistan in the semifinal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of shook
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  • In 2025, China pumped $18 billion into Laos’s economy, primarily toward industry, mining and agriculture, according to the Vientiane Times, a local newspaper.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
  • When January comes, water is pumped back through the pipe in the ground, which still contains much of the warmth stored in July.
    — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pumped
Verb
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of jerked

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“Nodded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodded. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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