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headshaking

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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.headshaking - 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"
headshake
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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As to the prognostics and headshaking of his aunts and uncles, they had never produced the least effect on him, except to make him think that aunts and uncles were disagreeable society; he had heard them find fault in much the same way as long as he could remember.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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