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Shake Definition

noun

A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.
A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.
A fissure in rock.
A rough shingle used to cover rustic buildings, such as barns: cedar shakes.
A trembling or quivering movement.

verb

To move irregularly to and fro.
To vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock.
To tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance .
To experience a state of instability .
To briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix.

verb-transitive

Games To rattle and mix (dice) before casting.
Music To trill (a note).
To cause to lose stability or waver: a crisis that shook my deepest beliefs.
To cause to move to and fro with jerky movements.
To cause to quiver, tremble, vibrate, or rock.

idiom

Give (someone) the shake Slang To escape from or get rid of: We managed to give our pursuers the shake.
No great shakes Slang Unexceptional; ordinary: "stepping in between the victim and the bully, even when the victim happens to be no great shakes” ( Louis Auchincloss).
Shake a leg Informal To dance.
Shake a leg Informal To move quickly; hurry up.
Shake a stick at Slang To point out, designate, or name: "All of a sudden there came into being a vast conservative infrastructure: think-tanks . . . and more foundations than you could shake a stick at” ( National Review).

verb-intransitive

Music To trill.
To be unsteady; totter or waver.
To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.
To move to and fro in short, irregular, often jerky movements.
To tremble, as from cold or in anger.

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shake

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2 letter words with SHAKE

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