- nod off
- verbchange from a waking to a sleeping state-
he always falls asleep during lectures
• Syn:• Ant: ↑wake up (for: ↑fall asleep)• Hyponyms: ↑zonk out• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
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FALL ASLEEP, go to sleep, doze off, drop off; informal drift off, flake out, go out like a light; N. Amer. informal sack out.→ nod* * *
nod off (informal)To fall asleep• • •Main Entry: ↑nod* * *
ˌnod ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they nod off he/she/it nods off present participle nodding off past tense nodded off past participle nodded off] informal phrasal verbto go to sleep, especially when you do not intend toMain entry: nod* * *
informal fall asleep, esp. briefly or unintentionallysome of the congregation nodded off during the sermon
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nod off [phrasal verb]informal : to fall asleepI nodded off during his speech.
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ˌnod ˈoff derived•
I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.