HEADSHAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headshake mean? 

• HEADSHAKE (noun)
  The noun HEADSHAKE has 1 sense:

1. the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement

  Familiarity information: HEADSHAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADSHAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

headshake; headshaking

Context example:

I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me

Hypernyms ("headshake" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)