Usually means: Gestures of agreement by head.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word nods:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. nods: Merriam-Webster
  2. nods: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nods: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nods: Vocabulary.com
  5. Nods, nods: Wordnik
  6. nods: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. NODs, nods: Wiktionary
  8. nods: Dictionary.com
  9. nods: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Nods (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. nods: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nods: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nods: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NODS: Acronym Finder
  2. nods: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nods: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  2. the nods: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (NOD)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
verb:  (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
verb:  (transitive) To signify by a nod.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
noun:  An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
noun:  A reference or allusion to something.
noun:  A nomination.
noun:  (figurative) Approval.
noun:  A state of half-consciousness; stupor.
noun:  (law) Initialism of notice Of disagreement; filed by an appellant in response to a denial of veteran's benefits in United States law.
noun:  (military, US) Initialism of Night Optical/Observation Device.
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