headshake

Other forms: headshakes

Definitions of headshake
  1. noun
    the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
    “I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me”
    synonyms: headshaking
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    type of:
    motility, motion, move, movement
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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