Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.

    einnicken

More definitions
  • change from a waking to a sleeping state

Examples

25 sentences
  1. You kept nodding off during that lecture, didn't you?

    ruТы клевал носом всю лекцию, верно?

    deDu bist während der Vorlesung laufend eingenickt, nicht wahr?

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  2. You were nodding off at times during my lecture.

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  3. I must've nodded off.

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  4. Did you nod off?

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  5. I must have nodded off.

    ruДолжно быть, я задремал.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fall asleep:

Forms

nods off, nodding off, nodded off, nodded off
Base formnod off · to nod off
3rd person singularnods off
Present participlenodding off
Past simplenodded off
Past participlenodded off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynod off
he, she, itnods off

Past simpleLesson

all personsnodded off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nodded off
he, she, ithas nodded off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nod off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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