shake

[[t]ʃeɪk[/t]]

v. shook, shak•en, shak•ing, n.

1) to move with short, quick, vibratory movements

2) pat to tremble with emotion, cold, etc

3) to become dislodged and fall (often fol. by off)

4) to move something, esp. in a bottle or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing

5) to totter; become unsteady

6) to shake hands

7) mad to execute a trill

8) to agitate (a container, bottle, etc.), as to mix the contents (sometimes fol. by up)

9) to grasp and move (a person) back and forth violently

10) to brandish or flourish, esp. menacingly

11) to grasp firmly in an attempt to dislodge something by quick, vigorous movements

12) to dislodge (something) by quick, forcible movements:

to shake nuts from the tree[/ex]

13) to agitate or disturb profoundly

14) to cause to waver or weaken

15) mad to trill (a note)

16) to get rid of; elude

17) phv shake down

a) to cause to descend by shaking; bring down

b) to cause to settle

c) (esp. of a ship) to cause to undergo a shakedown

d) inf to extort money from

e) to search for concealed weapons

18) phv shake off

a) to rid oneself of; reject

b) to get away from

19) phv shake up

a) to upset; jar

b) to trouble or distress

20) an act or instance of rocking, swaying, etc

21) tremulous motion

22) a tremor

23) pat inf shakes, (used with a sing. v.) a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, or cold (usu. prec. by the)

24) inf

milk shake

25) handshake 1)

26) inf treatment; deal:

Everyone gets a fair shake[/ex]

27) something resulting from shaking

28) gel inf an earthquake

29) bui an internal crack or fissure in timber

30) mad

trill 1)

31) bui a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet

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- no great shakes shake a leg shake hands

Etymology: bef. 900; (v.) OE sceacan; c. OS skakan, ON skaka shak′a•ble, shake′a•ble, adj.