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Headshake


Definition:

  • (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, in only two of these could it be shown that correction of the abnormality led to elimination of the headshaking.
  • (2) Patterns of muscle recruitment were examined during systematically-selected behavioral epochs in which the cat held a range of stationary postures, and when it performed volitional and exploratory behaviors such as flexion-extension or turning, grooming, eating, or headshaking.
  • (3) A tricky win against Nedovyesov early in the second set sparked a rare smile, and a bemused headshake at the large and noisy cluster of Kazakhstan supporters followed soon after.
  • (4) The additional clinical signs exhibited by the other idiopathic cases of headshaking included evidence of nasal irritation, sneezing and snorting, nasal discharge, coughing and excessive lacrimation.
  • (5) Therefore, at two weeks, the brains of these mice appear to become sterile, but the animals begin to develop a variety of neurological signs including an L-dopa responsive headshake.
  • (6) In contrast, roughly one third of patients with bilaterally reduced caloric responses demonstrated both abnormally low active headshake and passive whole-body rotational gain (less than 0.5).
  • (7) An insult couched in a charming bumble followed by an awkward pause and a floppy headshake makes you look like an adorable sort of idiot, rather than just an idiot.
  • (8) The clinical presentation of idiopathic headshakers and the seasonal incidence of the signs closely resemble allergic rhinitis in man.
  • (9) In addition to floating time, which was the measure of despair, headshakes, bobbing, diving and struggling time were also recorded.
  • (10) By contrast, injection of each dose of levorphanol attenuated preening, and completely antagonized the stimulating effect of AM treatment on headshaking.
  • (11) We conclude that the prevalence of post-headshake nystagmus is increased in patients with either a unilateral caloric deficit or a history of true vertigo, and is best detected in the absence of vision.
  • (12) In 95 percent of cases with normal symmetric caloric responses, headshake VOR gain with either stimulus was normal (greater than 0.51).
  • (13) Post-headshake nystagmus (PHN) has recently been described as a clinically useful physical sign implying uncompensated asymmetric input from the vestibular end organs.
  • (14) No, I don’t,” she said, with a dismissive headshake.
  • (15) The frequency of headshaking was enhanced by the administration of each dose of AM; at the 3 higher doses, the drug also attenuated the frequency of preening.
  • (16) ACTH leads to an increased frequency of yawning and headshaking and glucose to a decrease in arousal.
  • (17) The clinical records of 100 cases of headshaking in horses were reviewed.
  • (18) A rapid 20-second headshake and sudden stop produces a jerk nystagmus of 5- to 20-second duration in certain individuals with symptoms suggestive of a peripheral vestibulopathy.
  • (19) This retrospective review of 214 patient evaluations was undertaken to study the associations between post-headshake nystagmus, caloric deficits after bithermal binaural irrigation, and the presence of vertigo.

Shake


Definition:

  • () obs. p. p. of Shake.
  • (v.) To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
  • (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
  • (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
  • (v.) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
  • (v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
  • (n.) The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
  • (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
  • (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
  • (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
  • (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
  • (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
  • (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
  • (2) As part of the shake-up, the rule that says only half can be saved in cash is being abolished.
  • (3) Almost a year on, I am still shaking my head in disbelief.
  • (4) In the modified test, shake cultures in Brewer's fluid thioglycolate medium with 0.3% agar added are observed for growth in the anaerobic zone of the tubes.
  • (5) Now there is talk of adding a range of ultra-trendy kale chips and kale shakes to the menu as well as encouraging customers to design their own bespoke burger.
  • (6) When Fox woke up one morning in 1990 and noticed his little finger shaking, he thought it was a side effect of a hangover.
  • (7) In order to assess this inter-relationship isolated rat glomeruli were incubated with and without shaking.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest No shake: Donald Trump snubs Angela Merkel during photo op The piece of pantomime was in stark contrast to the visit of Theresa May in January.
  • (9) In the spinalized preparation, steady-state and nonsteady-state responses have an equal likelihood of emerging from the initial cycles of a paw-shake response, suggesting that regular coupling of joint oscillations is not planned by pattern-generating networks within lumbosacral segments.
  • (10) Systemic administration of drugs that augment 5-HT2 activity generally induces 'wet dog' shaking (WDS) in rats.
  • (11) The yes camp should have made no bones about a call to the nation to shake things up, by bringing him down a peg or two.
  • (12) The after-discharge induced by subconvulsant electrical stimulations, is followed by a behavioral phenomenon, named Wet Dog Shakes (WDS).
  • (13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Taylor Swift: Shake It Off Taylor Swift – 1989 Live web streams!
  • (14) "Sometimes a handshake is just a handshake, but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like Raúl Castro , it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant," said Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Republican Congress member in Florida, told the US secretary of state, John Kerry.
  • (15) The relationship between ultrasonographic detection of fetal vernix and visual assessment of amniotic fluid (AF) and fetal pulmonary maturity evaluated by the "shake test" was studied in 73 high-risk patients undergoing amniocentesis for obstetrical indications.
  • (16) In light of how often during his career he has been forced to take on more defensive roles Mascherano shakes his head and insists that he is not shifting from the No5.
  • (17) I couldn't shake the harsh words from my head and worried about if, or when, they would spill over into real life.
  • (18) She slept in the hall, covered in a duvet, and by the time her cleaner arrived the next day, she was sweating, vomiting repeatedly and shaking.
  • (19) Photograph: Peter Beaumont for the Guardian For his part the leader of Hadash, the veteran socialist party in Israel that emphasises Arab-Jewish cooperation, Odeh has now attracted a political star status most obvious on the stump in Lod on Wednesday in the repeated cries of “Ayman!” by shopkeepers and passersby keen to shake his hand or be photographed with him.
  • (20) As the authors failed to obtain a contiuous cell line from a single cell colony the method of "shaking" was applied.

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