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The definition of shake
31 Definitions of: shake
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- verb, to move or cause to move up and down or back and forth with short quick movements; vibrate
- verb, to sway or totter or cause to sway or totter
- verb, to clasp or grasp (the hand) of (a person) in greeting, agreement, etc
- verb, shake hands to clasp hands in greeting, agreement, etc
- verb, shake on it to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- verb, to bring or come to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- verb, to wave or brandish
- verb, to rouse, stir, or agitate
- verb, to shock, disturb, or upset
- verb, to undermine or weaken
- verb, to mix (dice) by rattling in a cup or the hand before throwing
- verb, archaic slang to steal
- verb, to escape from
- verb, music to perform a trill on (a note)
- verb, to fare or progress; happen as specified
- verb, shake a leg to hurry: usually used in the imperative
- verb, shake in one's shoes to tremble with fear or apprehension
- verb, shake one's head to indicate disagreement or disapproval by moving the head from side to side
- verb, shake the dust from one's feet to depart gladly or with the intention not to return
- noun, the act or an instance of shaking
- noun, a tremor or vibration
- noun, the shakes a state of uncontrollable trembling or a condition that causes it, such as a fever
- noun, a very short period of time; jiffy
- noun, a shingle or clapboard made from a short log by splitting it radially
- noun, a fissure or crack in timber or rock
- noun, an instance of shaking dice before casting
- noun, music. another word for trill
- noun, a dance, popular in the 1960s, in which the body is shaken convulsively in time to the beat
- noun, an informal name for earthquake
- noun, short for milk shake
- noun, no great shakes of no great merit or value; ordinary ▷ See also shake down ▷ See also, shake off ▷ See also, shake up
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of shake