nod off
nod off · nods off · nodded off · nodding off
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To fall asleep, especially unintentionallyTo fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
» You kept nodding off during that lecture, didn't you?
Du bist während der Vorlesung laufend eingenickt, nicht wahr?
Ты клевал носом всю лекцию, верно?
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
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More definitions
- change from a waking to a sleeping state
Examples
25 sentencesYou kept nodding off during that lecture, didn't you?
ruТы клевал носом всю лекцию, верно?
deDu bist während der Vorlesung laufend eingenickt, nicht wahr?
You were nodding off at times during my lecture.
I must've nodded off.
Did you nod off?
I must have nodded off.
ruДолжно быть, я задремал.
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
fall asleep:
Forms
nods off, nodding off, nodded off, nodded off| Base form | nod off · to nod off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | nods off |
| Present participle | nodding off |
| Past simple | nodded off |
| Past participle | nodded off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
15 synonymsClose in meaning
- change from a waking to a sleeping state:fall asleepdope offflake outdrift offdrop offdoze offdrowse off
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb