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nod
noun- a drug-induced state of semi- or unconsciousness US, 1936
From ‘nod’ (a sleep). - Other opiates are on the market in bottles, each on strong enough to get you into a fairly nice nod, or at least make things comfortably blurred around the edges. — Julian Keeling, Drugstore Cowboy [The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories], p. 115, 1996
- — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 209, 2002
- a new recruit to the Royal Marines UK
A variant of ‘Noddy’, which supposedly derives from a standard issue woollen hat that when worn by recruits looks like Noddy (a children’s character)’s hat. - — Nigel Foster, The Making of a Royal Marine Commando, 1987
- the head UK
An abbreviation of NODDLE - Use your flippin’ nod. — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 272, 2000
- in horse racing, a very small margin of victory or lead US
- A little twitch kept her from dwelling, and on a good cushion she took it by a nod. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 54, 21 April 1971
▶ nod is as good as a wink; nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse; nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat
applied to a covert yet comprehensible hint UK, 1802
The ‘blind bat’ variation was created in 1969 for the groundbreaking television comedy series Monty Python’s Flying Circus and, like many of that programme’s catchphrases, remains in circulation.- Follow me! Follow me! I like that. That’s good. A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat, eh? — Graham Chapman, The Complete Monty Python Flying Circus, p. 40, 1989
- “Say what you like,” said Mr. Parrish. “A nod’s as good as a wink.” — Phillip Pullman, The Tiger in the Well, p. 84, 1992
- A nod’s as good as a wink tae a blind horse, man! When ye read between the lines[.] — Virginia Henley, Tempted, p. 462, 1993
▶ on the nod- lost in mental stupefaction brought on by heroin or other narcotics US, 1951
- Pat was sitting at the wheel of my car on the nod. We were on the ferry, crossing from Algiers[.] — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 79, 1953
- She’d sit with them, they’d go on the nod, in the dead silence she’d wait[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 29, 1958
- When he has finally injected the heroin (he calls it “shooting up,” “taking off,” “getting off”), he may or may not go on a “nod”–his eyelids heavy, his mind wandering pleasantly[.] — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 15, 1966
- He trailed off and almost went into a nod. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 174, 1968
- We all three got really stoned and sat talking or simply going on the nod until the early hours of the morning–finally dropping off to sleep–awakening much later in the day. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 83, 1980
- Skid rows populated by the homeless. Tenderloins strewn with winos sucking on a bottle in a bag and young dopers on the nod. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 2, 1987
- within a committee, to be agreed without argument; to be nodded through UK
Conventionally, a nod is a sign of assent. - Just work out the budget and then visit me at my office. I’ll put it through on the nod. — Stewart Home, Sex Kick, [britpulp], p. 236, 1999
- (of a wager) agreed upon without money changing hands AUSTRALIA, 1902
- He holds out the punters who back the last winner and encourages them to bet up on the nod on the strength of that win. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 182, 1988
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 56, 1989
▶ the nod
official approval, UK- Now, these lads are fucking tasty, they are. If it weren’t for the nod from Bernie I’d half have the horrors having to deal with the cunts. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 52, 2001
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