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headshake

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head·shake  (hdshk)
n.
A turning of one's head to the right and left, signifying denial, disapproval, disbelief, doubt, or bemusement.
headshaking adj. & n.
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Noun1.headshake - 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"
headshaking
movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"


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He gave the most mournful, thoughtful little headshake.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
Blessingbourne at this gave one of the slow soft silent headshakes to which she often resorted and which, mostly accompanied by the light of cheer, had somehow, in spite of the small obstinacy that smiled in them, a special grace.
The Story of It by James, Henry View in context
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