headshake
- n 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
- That little headshake at the end was my favorite moment.
- When Elizabeth's younger sister Margaret started to smile at the Zulus, Elizabeth reproved her with a headshake.
- Frenchmen examined their handiwork with a national headshake of disbelief.