head|shak|ing

head|shak|ing
head|shak|ing «HEHD SHAY kihng», noun.
1. the act of shaking one's head; headshake: »

My only means of communication were paper and pen and pencil, and such weak natural adjuncts as nods [and] headshakings (New Yorker).

2. an expression of doubt, disbelief, or other negative feeling: »

Macaulay is neither the first nor will he be the last to indulge in headshaking about democracy as a political system (Wall Street Journal).


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