SHAKE

wag, waggle, shake

(noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side

tremble, shiver, shake

(noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp

(noun) grasping and shaking a person’s hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

trill, shake

(noun) a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

milkshake, milk shake, shake

(noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

shingle, shake

(noun) building material used as siding or roofing

shake, didder

(verb) move with or as if with a tremor; “his hands shook”

shake

(verb) undermine or cause to waver; “my faith has been shaken”; “The bad news shook her hopes”

shake

(verb) bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; “He was shaken from his dreams”; “shake the salt out of the salt shaker”

shake

(verb) shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; “shake one’s head”; “She shook her finger at the naughty students”; “The old enemies shook hands”; “Don’t shake your fist at me!”

stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir

(verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; “These stories shook the community”; “the civil war shook the country”

rock, sway, shake

(verb) move back and forth or sideways; “the ship was rocking”; “the tall building swayed”; “She rocked back and forth on her feet”

shake, agitate

(verb) move or cause to move back and forth; “The chemist shook the flask vigorously”; “My hands were shaking”

judder, shake

(verb) shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; “The old engine was juddering”

shake, shake off, throw off, escape from

(verb) get rid of; “I couldn’t shake the car that was following me”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

shake (third-person singular simple present shakes, present participle shaking, simple past (rare) shaked or (slang) shooketh or shook, past participle (dialectal) shook or shaken)

(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

(transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

Synonym: traumatize

(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

Synonyms: shiver, tremble

(intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

(intransitive) To dance.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

(transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.

(intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.

Noun

shake (plural shakes)

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

A milkshake.

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

(building material) A thin shingle.

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

A fissure in rock or earth.

A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

(informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

A shook of staves and headings.

(UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Anagrams

• Hakes, hakes

Proper noun

Shake (plural Shakes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shake is the 17337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1630 individuals. Shake is most common among White (88.16%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Hakes, hakes

Source: Wiktionary

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Shake,

Definition: obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer.

Shake, v. t. [imp. Shook; p. p. Shaken, (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] Etym: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. sq. root161. Cf. Shock, v.]

1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate. As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Rev. vi. 13. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. Milton.

2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of. When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. Atterbury. Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. Milton.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree. Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak. 'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. Shak. I could scarcely shake him out of my company. Bunyan. To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.

– To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.

– To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.

– To shake the bells. See under Bell.

– To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Shake, v. i.

Definition: To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter. Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. Milton. What danger Who 's that that shakes behind there Beau & FL. Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef.

Shake, n.

1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. The great soldier's honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake. Herbert. Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. Addison.

2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly. Gwilt.

3. A fissure in rock or earth.

4. (Mus.)

Definition: A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

5. (Naut.)

Definition: One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. Totten.

6. A shook of staves and headings. Knight.

7. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] Byron.

– The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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