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Definition: Nod Off |
Nod OffVerb1. Change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Nod OffSynonyms: dope off (v), doze off (v), drift off (v), drop off (v), drowse off (v), fall asleep (v), flake out (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: wake up (v). (additional references) |
Expression using "nod off": to nod off. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "nod off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | usnout (drop off, fall asleep, get off to sleep, go off, go out like a light, go to sleep). (various references) | |
Danish | kokse (to couch, to go on the nod, to mong out, to nod, to nod off). (various references) | |
French | planer (to go on the nod, to nod, to nod off). (various references) | |
German | einnicken (doze off). (various references) | |
Greek | λαγοκοιμάμαι (doze). (various references) | |
Hungarian | beveri a szundit (to nod off). (various references) | |
Italian | andare in orbita (to couch, to go on the nod, to mong out, to nod, to nod off), andare in estasi (rave). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | odnay offay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cochilar (doze, drop off, drowse, nap, slumber). (various references) | |
Russian | зевать;прозевать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | klimnuti glavom. (various references) | |
Spanish | quedarse dormido (drop off). (various references) | |
Swedish | tuppa av (black out, conk, pass out), missa (foozle, fumble, lose, miss, muff, overshoot). (various references) | |
Thai | หลับ (คอตก). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyuklamak (be somnolent, doze, doze off, drowse, drowse off, go to the land of nod, nap, sleep, slumber, snooze, zizz), pineklemek (doze, drowse, slumber). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | куняти (nid-nod, nod), дрімати (doze, nap, nod, slumber). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-f-n-o-o" | |
-2 letters: doff, fond, food. | |
-3 letters: don, fon, nod, noo, off. | |
-4 letters: do, no, od, of, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-f-f-n-o-o" | |
+4 letters: offloading. | |
+5 letters: afficionado. | |
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