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The definition of shake

31 Definitions of: shake

1. verb, to move or cause to move up and down or back and forth with short quick movements; vibrate
2. verb, to sway or totter or cause to sway or totter
3. verb, to clasp or grasp (the hand) of (a person) in greeting, agreement, etc
4. verb, shake hands to clasp hands in greeting, agreement, etc
5. verb, shake on it to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
6. verb, to bring or come to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
7. verb, to wave or brandish
8. verb, to rouse, stir, or agitate
9. verb, to shock, disturb, or upset
10. verb, to undermine or weaken
11. verb, to mix (dice) by rattling in a cup or the hand before throwing
12. verb, archaic slang to steal
13. verb, to escape from
14. verb, music to perform a trill on (a note)
15. verb, to fare or progress; happen as specified
16. verb, shake a leg to hurry: usually used in the imperative
17. verb, shake in one's shoes to tremble with fear or apprehension
18. verb, shake one's head to indicate disagreement or disapproval by moving the head from side to side
19. verb, shake the dust from one's feet to depart gladly or with the intention not to return
20. noun, the act or an instance of shaking
21. noun, a tremor or vibration
22. noun, the shakes a state of uncontrollable trembling or a condition that causes it, such as a fever
23. noun, a very short period of time; jiffy
24. noun, a shingle or clapboard made from a short log by splitting it radially
25. noun, a fissure or crack in timber or rock
26. noun, an instance of shaking dice before casting
27. noun, music. another word for trill
28. noun, a dance, popular in the 1960s, in which the body is shaken convulsively in time to the beat
29. noun, an informal name for earthquake
30. noun, short for milk shake
31. 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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Synonyms:	vibration, tremble, quaking, shock, jar, disturbance, jerk, shiver, shudder, jolt	And more...

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