Entry Word: nod

Function: verb

Meaning: 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>

Synonyms bob, bobble, jog, jounce, pump, seesaw

Related Words jerk, jiggle, shake, wiggle, wobble; oscillate, rock, sway, swing, undulate; drop, duck