Definition of Nod off

1. Verb. Change from a waking to a sleeping state. "He always falls asleep during lectures"

Exact synonyms: Dope Off, Doze Off, Drift Off, Drop Off, Drowse Off, Fall Asleep, Flake Out
Specialized synonyms: Zonk Out
Antonyms: Wake Up

Definition of Nod off

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially while in a seated position or in inappropriate circumstances. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nod Off

nocturnal periodicity
nocturnal vertigo
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nocturnalists
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nocturne
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nocuous
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Literary usage of Nod off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. India Awakening by Sherwood Eddy (1911)
"To my consternation, I noticed that as soon as we began to preach, one by one they began to nod off to sleep, according to their custom after eating. ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"J. WO hours later, he realized that he was going to nod off. The thumps of the body sliding in the trunk and the suitcases rattling around in the back seat ..."

3. Central India During the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858 by Thomas Lowe (1860)
"In the first halt they sit down and are soon asleep, then they awake, nod off again, and awake again several times. The bugle sounds, and they are up and ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1872)
"She would nod off to sleep in her eas}'-chair while we were talking. She would say with a sleepy smile, " Don't mind me, my dears. ..."

5. Russia in the 'eighties,': Sport and Politics by John Frederick Baddeley (1921)
"Or, if one did nod off it was slumber not sleep that came, of that precious quality which preserves a vague continuity with the conscious state immediately ..."

6. German Verbs: Primitives and Their Compounds by Benno Kirschbaum (1906)
"Einnicken (intr., sep., *), to nod off; to fall asleep. Zunicken (tr., intr., sep., dat.), to nod to a person; to intimate something to a person by a nod. ..."

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