The phrase
"occasional nod" means to occasionally agree or acknowledge something by nodding one's head.
Full definition
It's a survival game loosely tied to the Metal Gear series, built on the Fox Engine and peppered
with occasional nods, references, and ultimately bizarre connections to the core narrative.
A simple smile and
the occasional nod will show that you're interested and engaged.
Make the effort to give
the occasional nod, smile, or other sign of recognition to your conversation partner.
Despite
an occasional nod to Edmund Burke or Friedrich Hayek, most American conservatives actively engaged in political life are singularly uninterested in attaining clarity about the character of conservatism as an intellectual movement.
Americans, Berlinerblau argues, appreciate
the occasional nod in the direction of the Bible, especially when the references are obvious and well - known.
The Tory right grumbles and chunters about the way in which the LibDems constrain a proper Tory government from doing things — calling a referendum to get out of Europe; pulling out of human rights acts — which David Cameron has no intention of doing, despite
the occasional nod and wink to pretend otherwise.
In Wang's first handbag designs for the brand, we see
an occasional nod to the aesthetics of his predecessor, like the modernity and simplicity of the Le Dix compared to a bag like this one.
Vocalist Alex Marrero did make me think I was actually seeing Ozzy, if he were suddenly twenty or thirty years younger, Hispanic, blessed with ample locks «fro hair, and had the fashion sense of Tom Jones, with
occasional nods to Friar Tuck as a South Texas Mission meth dealer.
«It's a fitting summation of Spielberg's career:
occasional nods to the real world, but really preferring a world of fantasy and eternal adolescence.»
«Like Kate, expect Meghan to make
the occasional nod to her husband's fashion icon mother,» a source told Entertainment Tonight.
SURVEY is a review of the latest news and happenings related to visual art by and about people of African descent, with
the occasional nod to cultural matters.
RETROSPECTIVE is a review of the latest news and happenings related to visual art by and about people of African descent, with
the occasional nod to cultural matters.
Ethier's paintings are a middle ground between these sensibilities, with works that veer closer to pure abstraction, yet with forms and titles that are
the occasional nod to the landscape.
Kenneth Clark's fabled 1969 «Civilisation,» inspiration for the current TV project, was limited to European art, with
an occasional nod to the United States, and looked almost exclusively at white male artists, architects and writers.
The report oscillates between «realistic» business analysis and
occasional nods to the growing wave of support for a massive and rapid transformation of the auto industry.