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Shake

verb

(past shook; past part. shaken)

1.

Move or cause to move back and forth. Synonym: agitate. "My hands were shaking"

2.

Move with or as if with a tremor. Synonym: didder.

3.

Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively. Synonym: judder.

4.

Move back and forth or sideways. Synonyms: rock, sway. "The tall building swayed" , "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

5.

Undermine or cause to waver. "The bad news shook her hopes"

6.

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of. Synonyms: excite, shake up, stimulate, stir. "The civil war shook the country"

7.

Get rid of. Synonyms: escape from, shake off, throw off.

8.

Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking. "Shake the salt out of the salt shaker"

9.

Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state. "She shook her finger at the naughty students" , "The old enemies shook hands" , "Don't shake your fist at me!"

noun

1.

Building material used as siding or roofing. Synonym: shingle.

2.

Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream. Synonyms: milk shake, milkshake.

3.

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. Synonym: trill.

4.

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract). Synonyms: handclasp, handshake, handshaking.

5.

A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement. Synonyms: shiver, tremble.

6.

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side. Synonyms: wag, waggle.

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"Shake" Quotes from Famous Books

... the supposition that as a floor has nothing to do but lie still and be trodden upon, it only needs to be laid in place and let alone. This may be true of stone flagging; it is far from being true of inch boards, that have an incurable tendency to warp, twist, spring and shake. Lining floors, especially, whatever their thickness, should be nailed—spiked is a more forcible term—to every possible bearing and with generous frequency; to be specific, say every three inches. The finished ...

— The House that Jill Built - after Jack's had proved a failure • E. C. Gardner

... obeyed the summons of the half-past-six bell next morning with nervous alacrity. For it was something more than a mere call to shake off "dull sloth"—it was a reminder that they were fags, and that their masters lay in bed depending on them to rouse them in time ...

— Follow My leader - The Boys of Templeton • Talbot Baines Reed

... This made Lady Bassett shake in every limb; indeed the very flesh of her body quivered. Yet she persisted, but in a tone that of itself showed how fast her courage was oozing. She faltered out, almost inaudibly, "I say you must waste no more love on him—he is ...

— A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day • Charles Reade

... courage before Dowler when he found he could assume it safely. He deceived his father and Mr. Pickwick as to his marriage, and dropped on his knees to the latter to beg pardon. How mean, too, was his behaviour to Mrs. Pott in the difficulty with her husband. But nothing could shake the interest of the fair Arabella in her lover, even his ignominious and public treatment by Mr. Pickwick at the skating exhibition. How can we account for it. But Boz knew the female nature well, and here is the explanation: Winkle had been "out"—had figured in a duel ...

— Pickwickian Studies • Percy Fitzgerald

... now I go, I put this curse upon thee: Be coward still, wear outwardly the garb Of righteousness, shake in thy pious shoes, Cover the stigma on thy breast from eyes Of flesh, and be a hypocrite, till death Relieves the world of ...

— The Scarlet Stigma - A Drama in Four Acts • James Edgar Smith

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