Word Finder - shake

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The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

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She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.

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A milkshake.

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A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

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Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

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(building material) A thin shingle.

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A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

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A fissure in rock or earth.

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A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

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Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

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One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

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A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

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A shook of staves and headings.

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The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

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To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

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He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.

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To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.

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Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".

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To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

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to shake fruit down from a tree

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To disturb emotionally; to shock.

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He was shaken by what had happened.

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• traumatize

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To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

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I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.

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To move from side to side.

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She shook with grief.

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• shiver
• tremble

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(usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

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OK, let's shake on it.

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To dance.

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She was shaking it on the dance floor.

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To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

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to shake a note in music

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To threaten to overthrow.

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The experience shook my religious belief.

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To be agitated; to lose firmness.