Nod of aknowledgement

When someone you don't like or don't want to talk to right now, says hi, walks by, or is in a crowd jumping to see over people's heads just to get you to notice them and all you can do is nod while looking at them.

"That creepy guy from work who's obsessed with me kept calling my name out really loud in the lobby while I was talking to my crush"
"What did you say?"

"Nothing, just gave him the nod of aknowledgement"

by Too Tun Tonto August 1, 2016

Nod of acknowledgement

Nod of acknowledgement when you see someone and they see you and you both tilt your head forward towards the ground as if nodding your head yes acknowledging that you have seen them

Tom sees Sally and nods his head in acknowledgement a.k.a nod of acknowledgement

by Little hula August 2, 2016

nod of acknowledgement

go by the above definition, but the nod of acknowledgement is sometimes accompanied by a slight raising of the eyebrows and a slight grin...kind of like "ahh, yes. i see what you are doing. good job. good job."

friend 1 sees friend 2 trying to chat up a girl from the other side of the room. friend one then proceeds to nod his head, with eyebrows slightly raised, and grin slightly grinning.
Friend 2: (thinking) Jim can see me talking to this girl...sweet. he's nodding and raising the eyebrows. sweet (nods back)
Friend 1: (nod of acknowledgement towards friend 1) (thinking) Mmmhmm. That girl is hot.

by b3c October 20, 2005

nod of acknowledgement

This has also been spoken as the "guy nod" due to the fact that only guys seem to be the ones that do this, and at ages from middle school on up.

Nod of acknowledgement can be seen when walking through the halls of a school, I guy sees a girl that he knows, and gives her the guy nod to acknowledge the fact that he sees her, but not to draw too much attention to either himself or the situation that's occuring

by Bofo December 18, 2005

nod of acknowledgement

I usually refer to this as the "Man Nod", since it is generally used by Men with Men. I find the nod is used most often when signalling hello to an oncoming car on a lonely country road, when communicating a silent hello to a male pedestrian from a car, or in any situation where one man wants to acknowledge another man with respect non-audibly. In the case of car-on-car nodding, sometimes lifting 1 finger up to say "Hi" from the wheel often suffices too.

Driving on a desolate country road without seeing anyone for hours, I gave the only driver that passed the 'nod of acknowledgement {man nod}' as he passed and he did the same right back.

by Evan Winston October 23, 2005

nod of acknowledgment

when you nod because you had acknowledged someone

I saw Thomas, so I just gave him a nod of acknowledgment

by angelica11 August 1, 2016

Nod of aknowledgement

a nod of the head (either a swift upward jerk of the head, or a slower, downward nod of the head) sometimes exchanged between African-Americans (particularly males, regardless of age), given in acknowledgement of each other's presence and the presumed, shared struggles of being an African-American man. Prevalance of the nod varies greatly from city to city or geographic region.

Non African-American companion upon observing the Nod: "Do you know that guy? Why did you two just do that?"
African-American man: "No, I've never seen him before. I was just giving him a 'Nod of aknowledgement'. We don't all know each other; it's just a form of respect."

by OpenMindedMan602 August 12, 2016