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Definition 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"
Definition of Headshake
1. n. A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.
Definition of Headshake
1. Noun. a shake of the head ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headshake
Literary usage of Headshake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"It is odds if such a man allow himself to be impressed by a sturdy headshake that
says, "Does one, Sir, go up the hill to Agios ..."
2. Elementary Equitation: Principles of Horseback-riding by Joseph Michaël Thomas Barretto de Souza (1922)
"If the double-shuffle headshake were accompanied by a little jump, and he happened
not to be too far from home, or from a place where he could safely put up ..."
3. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"He came back, whether in good faith or in bad, to that; and it made her repeat
her headshake. He kept it up as if his faith were of the best. ..."
4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1915)
"He counted the very scales; and, after hours of thought, returned to the master
only to receive the same ominous headshake. Then he ceased to search for ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... or this headshake, Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase, As " Well, we
know," or " We could, an if we would," Or " If we list to speak," or " There ..."
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