ETYM Old Eng. nodden; cf. Old High Germ. knoten, genuoten, to shake, and Eng. nudge.
1. To lower and raise the head, so as to indicate assent.
2. To let the head fall forward through drowsiness.
3. To express or signify by nodding.
4. To sway gently back and forth, as of flowers or tress in the wind; SYN. sway.
5. To be almost asleep.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: slept).
1. To be able to accommodate for sleeping.
2. To be asleep; SYN. kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's.
(Anatomy) pertaining to the temple; pertaining to the temporal lobe