nod in

English

Verb

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

1. (soccer, transitive, intransitive) To score with a header
   • 2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.