shake
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noun
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grasping and shaking a person''s hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
Origin
From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek- (“to jump, move”).
Phrases
- make shit shake Terms derived from shake (verb)
- more than one can shake a stick at Terms derived from shake (verb)
- more than you can shake a stick at Terms derived from shake (verb)
- shake 'n bake Terms derived from shake (verb)
- shake a cloth in the wind Terms derived from shake (verb)
- shake a leg Terms derived from shake (verb)
- shake a stick at Terms derived from shake (verb)
- shake and bake Terms derived from shake (verb)
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