► nod is as good as a wink; nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse; nod's as good as a wink to a blind batapplied to a covert yet comprehensible hint. The 'blind bat' variation was created in 1969 for the groundbreaking television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus and, like many of that programme's catchphrases, remains in circulation UK, 1802.► on the nod1. lost in mental stupefaction brought on by heroin or other narcotics US, 1951.2. within a committee, to be agreed without argument; to be nodded through. Conventionally, a nod is a sign of assent UK, 1999.3. (of a wager) agreed upon without money changing hands AUSTRALIA, 1902.► the nodofficial approval, UK, 2001