Usually means: Gesture indicating disagreement or disbelief.
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  1. shake one's head: Merriam-Webster
  2. shake one's head: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shake one's head, shake one's head: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shake one's head: Wiktionary
  5. shake one's head, shake ones head: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (shake one's head)

verb:  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.
verb:  (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.


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