Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun headshaking

1 sense of headshaking

Sense 1
headshake, 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")
       => motion, movement, move, motility -- (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")