nod in

verb

To score with a header

Meanings

verbnod in (third-person singular simple present nods in, present participle nodding in, simple past and past participle nodded in)

present singular third person nods in · participle present nodding in · participle past nodded in · past nodded in

  1. ambitransitiveball gamesTo score with a header

    Davies, captain in the absence of the injured Aaron Ramsey, scored the opener as, completely unmarked just three yards out, he nodded in Broadhead's 22nd-minute corner.

    2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport
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APA

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Chicago

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