nod off

verb

nodded off; nodding off; nods off

intransitive verb

: to fall asleep

Examples of nod off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The video, which was originally posted on a social media account called NorCal Bodycam, showed the operator nodding off before rear-ending another train on the track. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

That changed when Dominique Dillon, a FOX13 Memphis morning anchor and mother of two young girls, briefly nodded off during a live broadcast and turned it into a viral rallying cry for tired moms everywhere. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

At one point, cameras appeared to catch the Jets’ head coach, Aaron Glenn, nodding off. — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

Now the image is body-cam footage of a puffy-eyed 50-year-old man hiccupping and nodding off in the back of a police car after another DUI arrest. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nod off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff