nodding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of nod

noun

1. The act by which one nods.

   “The Commons, on the other hand, upon permission being granted to appear at their Lordships' bar, come in with as many and as sapient noddings of the head, as a wooden mandarin performs in a tea-dealer's window[…]”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having the flower facing downwards.