Definitions of shake in various dictionaries:
noun -
building material used as siding or roofing
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frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
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a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
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grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
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a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
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causing to move repeatedly from side to side
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move or cause to move back and forth
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move with or as if with a tremor
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shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
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move back and forth or sideways
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undermine or cause to waver
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stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
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get rid of
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bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
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shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
To cause to move to and fro with jerky movements.
To cause to quiver, tremble, vibrate, or rock.
To cause to lose stability or waver: a crisis that shook my deepest beliefs.
To remove or dislodge by jerky movements: shook the dust from the cushions.
To bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking: “It is not easy to shake one’s heart free of the impression” (John Middleton Murry).
To get rid of: couldn’t shake the man who was following us.
To disturb or agitate; unnerve: She was shaken by the news of the disaster.
To brandish or wave, especially in anger: shake one’s fist.
To clasp (hands) in greeting or leave-taking or as a sign of agreement.
To trill (a note).
Games.
To move to and fro in short, irregular, often jerky movements.
To tremble, as from cold or in anger.
To be unsteady; totter or waver.
To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.
To trill.
To shake hands: Let’s shake on it.
The act of shaking.
A trembling or quivering movement.
An earthquake.
A fissure in rock.
A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.
A moment or an instant; a trice: I’ll do it in a shake.
A trill.
A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.
Uncontrollable trembling, as in a person who is cold, frightened, feverish, or ill.
A bargain or deal: getting a fair shake.
To extort money from.
To make a thorough search of: shook down the prisoners’ cells for hidden weapons.
To subject (a new ship or aircraft) to shakedown testing.
To become acclimated or accustomed, as to a new environment or a new job.
To upset by or as if by a physical jolt or shock: was badly shaken up by the accident.
To escape from or get rid of: We managed to give our pursuers the shake.
To dance.
To arouse to action or reaction; disturb: “[He] so shook Hollywood’s tree that... all manner of... people called me unsolicited to itemize his mistakes or praise his courage” (Tina Brown).
adj - to move to and fro with short, rapid movements [v SHOOK, SHAKEN, SHAKING, SHAKES] : SHAKABLE