Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nod out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: nod out
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.

Example Sentences

"(London calling) And I don’t wanna shout; But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out."
"The chair had no arms to prop me up, so when I nodded out I'd slump sideways in the chair."
"I nodded out while waiting for the bleach to take and woke up an hour or so later with most of my hair fried, leaving a tuft at the front stuck up just enough to prevent anyone from seeing just how short it really was."

Inflected Forms

nods out (present, singular) nodding out (participle, present) nodded out (participle, past) nodded out (past)

Questions

What does nod out mean?: To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.

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