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nod off en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
   • All patients struggle against daytime drowsiness and nod off at inopportune moments. 2008 February 15, Ingfei Chen, “A Leap Forward, but Hurdles Remain in Narcolepsy”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jul 2008:
   • I dragged him to the house, / And gave him tea and tried to make him smoke. / I tried to make him talk about his travels. / Nothing would do: he just kept nodding off. c. 1905–1906 (date written), Robert Frost, “The Death of the Hired Man”, in The Poems of Robert Frost: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, page 38:
   • The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration, only waking up when George paused, saying it was most interesting. 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter 53, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

land of Nod

Synonyms

zone · sack out · nod off · get off · doze off · go night-night · nod out · go to sleep · fall asleep · drift off · crash out · drop off

Translations (17)

pt cair no sono (fall asleep) · it assopirsi (fall asleep) · fi nuokahtaa (fall asleep) · srn dyonko (fall asleep) · cmn 打盹 (fall asleep) · it addormentarsi (fall asleep) · cmn 打瞌睡 (fall asleep) · fr somnoler (fall asleep) · it cadere in catalessi (fall asleep) · la obdormiscō (fall asleep) · la obdormiō (fall asleep) · fr dormir debout (fall asleep) · ja 居眠り (fall asleep) · cmn 釣魚 /钓鱼 (fall asleep) · de einnicken (fall asleep) · fr cogner des clous (fall asleep) · ar نَامَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ (fall asleep)