"shake one's head" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shakes one's head [present, singular, third-person], shaking one's head [participle, present], shook one's head [past], shaken one's head [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shake<,,shook,shaken> one's head}} shake one's head (third-person singular simple present shakes one's head, present participle shaking one's head, simple past shook one's head, past participle shaken one's head)
  1. To move one's head from side to side, in a repeated swiveling motion from the neck, to indicate disagreement, negation, disbelief, disapproval or dismay. Related terms (move one's head from side to side): smh Translations (move one's head from side to side): мата́ць галаво́й (matácʹ halavój) [imperfective] (Belarusian), 擰頭 (Chinese Cantonese), 拧头 (alt: ning⁶ tau⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 搖頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 摇头 (yáotóu) (Chinese Mandarin), hoofd schudden (Dutch), pudistaa päätään (Finnish), secouer la tête (French), den Kopf schütteln (German), rázza a fejét (Hungarian), scuotere la testa (Italian), 首を横に振る (kubi o yoko ni furu) (alt: くびをよこにふる) (Japanese), 고개를 젓다 (gogae-reul jeotda) (Korean), 고개를 흔들다 (gogae-reul heundeulda) (Korean), de Kapp rëselen (Luxembourgish), cweċċan hēafod (Old English), balançar a cabeça (Portuguese), кача́ть голово́й (kačátʹ golovój) [imperfective] (Russian), покача́ть голово́й (pokačátʹ golovój) [perfective] (Russian), negar con la cabeza (Spanish), skaka på huvudet (Swedish), kafa sallamak (Turkish), хита́ти голово́ю (xytáty holovóju) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), lắc đầu (Vietnamese)
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  2. (less common) To move one's head up and down, in a repeated hinge-like motion from the top of the spine, to indicate agreement, affirmation, approval, or simply polite attentiveness. Tags: uncommon Synonyms (move one's head up and down): nod
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Inflected forms

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          "note": "هَزَّ رَأْسَهُ (hazza raʔsahu) (also means \"to nod\")",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaking one's head",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shook one's head",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaken one's head",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shake<,,shook,shaken> one's head"
      },
      "expansion": "shake one's head (third-person singular simple present shakes one's head, present participle shaking one's head, simple past shook one's head, past participle shaken one's head)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "smh"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1826, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 4, in The Last of the Mohicans:",
          "text": "\"An Indian lost in the woods!\" said the scout, shaking his head doubtingly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Edgar Wallace, chapter 7, in The Man Who Knew:",
          "text": "Mr. Brandon shook his head in despair at the unbusinesslike methods of his patron.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "The Irishman, outstanding in the 2-0 victory over Wolves last week, limped off soon afterwards shaking his head and exchanging words with a section of Villa fans.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move one's head from side to side, in a repeated swiveling motion from the neck, to indicate disagreement, negation, disbelief, disapproval or dismay."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "from side to side",
          "from side to side"
        ],
        [
          "repeat",
          "repeat"
        ],
        [
          "swivel",
          "swivel"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ],
        [
          "disagreement",
          "disagreement"
        ],
        [
          "negation",
          "negation"
        ],
        [
          "disbelief",
          "disbelief"
        ],
        [
          "disapproval",
          "disapproval"
        ],
        [
          "dismay",
          "dismay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Robert Silverberg, At Winter's End: The New Springtime, Volume 1, →ISBN, page 305:",
          "text": "She listened with care, shaking her head in agreement from time to time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move one's head up and down, in a repeated hinge-like motion from the top of the spine, to indicate agreement, affirmation, approval, or simply polite attentiveness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "up",
          "up"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "repeat",
          "repeat"
        ],
        [
          "hinge",
          "hinge"
        ],
        [
          "-like",
          "-like"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "agreement",
          "agreement"
        ],
        [
          "affirmation",
          "affirmation"
        ],
        [
          "approval",
          "approval"
        ],
        [
          "polite",
          "polite"
        ],
        [
          "attentiveness",
          "attentiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(less common) To move one's head up and down, in a repeated hinge-like motion from the top of the spine, to indicate agreement, affirmation, approval, or simply polite attentiveness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "move one's head up and down",
      "word": "nod"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "note": "هَزَّ رَأْسَهُ (hazza raʔsahu) (also means \"to nod\")",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "matácʹ halavój",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мата́ць галаво́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "擰頭"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ning⁶ tau⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "拧头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "搖頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yáotóu",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "摇头"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "hoofd schudden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "pudistaa päätään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "secouer la tête"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "den Kopf schütteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "rázza a fejét"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "scuotere la testa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くびをよこにふる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kubi o yoko ni furu",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "首を横に振る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gogae-reul jeotda",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "고개를 젓다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gogae-reul heundeulda",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "고개를 흔들다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "de Kapp rëselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "cweċċan hēafod"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "balançar a cabeça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kačátʹ golovój",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кача́ть голово́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokačátʹ golovój",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "покача́ть голово́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "negar con la cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "skaka på huvudet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "kafa sallamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xytáty holovóju",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хита́ти голово́ю"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "move one's head from side to side",
      "word": "lắc đầu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shake one's head"
}

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