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shake

UK/ˈʃeɪk/ US/ˈʃeɪk/ common informal slang uk us

verb

1.

move or cause to move back and forth

  • “The chemist shook the flask vigorously”
  • “My hands were shaking”
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2.

move with or as if with a tremor

  • “his hands shook”
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3.

shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively

  • “The old engine was juddering”
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4.

move back and forth or sideways

  • “the ship was rocking”
  • “the tall building swayed”
  • “She rocked back and forth on her feet”
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5.

undermine or cause to waver

  • “my faith has been shaken”
  • “The bad news shook her hopes”
6.

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

  • “These stories shook the community”
  • “the civil war shook the country”
7.

get rid of

  • “I couldn”
8.

bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking

  • “He was shaken from his dreams”
  • “shake the salt out of the salt shaker”
9.

shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state

  • “shake one”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “t shake your fist at me!”

noun

1.

building material used as siding or roofing

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3.

a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

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4.
5.

reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

6.

causing to move repeatedly from side to side

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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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