shake

Definitions

1. The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
   countable, plural-normally, uncountable
4. A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
   countable, uncountable
5. A milkshake.
   countable, uncountable
6. A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
   countable, uncountable
7. Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
   countable, uncountable
8. An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
   US, slang, uncountable
9. A thin shingle.
   countable, uncountable
10. A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
    countable, uncountable
11. A fissure in rock or earth.
    countable, uncountable
12. A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
    countable, uncountable
13. Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
    countable, informal, uncountable
14. One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
    countable, uncountable
15. A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
    countable, uncountable
16. In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
    countable, uncountable
17. A shook of staves and headings.
    countable, uncountable
18. The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
    UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
19. A shock or disturbance.
    countable, uncountable
20. An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
    countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

49 more languages

العربيةالهزّةهز

Azərbaycan dililaxlamaqqurtulmaqsarsıtmaqsilkələməksilməksıxmaqtitrəmək+ 4 more

Беларускаятрэсці

Българскиклатямоме́нттреса

Bosanskipareražtreštresti+ 1 more

Catalàagitarsacseigsacsejar

Češtinamžikpotřesenítřásttřes+ 1 more

Danskchokererokkeryste

Ελληνικάσείωτραντάζω

Esperantoskui

Eestiraputama

فارسیتکاندن

Suomihalkeamaheristäähilvejärkyttääkäristääkätelläpärepirtelöpururavistaaravistellaravisteluravistussärötanssiatäristävavahdusvavistavilaus+ 16 more

Gaeilgecroith

Gàidhligcrathcrathadhfallaid

Galegoabalarabaloabanarabanearacanearbandearrebillarsacudirtremer+ 6 more

עבריתזעזעניער

हिन्दीहिलनाहिलाना

Hrvatskipareražtreštresti+ 1 more

Magyarmegrázrázremeg

Հայերենթափահարելսասանել

Íslenskadansahristahristingurmjólkurhristingursjeiktakast í hendur+ 3 more

Italianoagitareagitarsiatterrireattimoballarefrappefrullatomilkshakescioccarescossascuoterestringere la manotremare+ 10 more

日本語セーキミルクセーキ動揺させる抖拭う振り払う振り落とす振る握手する揺する揺らす揺れる栗狼狽させる震撼+ 12 more

ភាសាខ្មែរចាប់ដៃញាក់អង្រន់អង្រួន+ 1 more

한국어仡抖晄떨다밀크셰이크셰이크악수하다흔들다흔들리다+ 6 more

Kurdîlacpareraz

Latinacommoveō

Lëtzebuergeschrëselen

Latviešupurināt

Te Reo Māoriharirū

Македонскитресе

മലയാളംകുലുക്കുകകുലുങ്ങുക

မြန်မာခါးလှုပ်

Nederlandsafschuddenhanden schuddenschokkenschuddentriller+ 2 more

Polskigontpotrząsnąćpozbyć sięshakeszyndziołtreltryltrząstrząśćwstrząsnąć+ 7 more

Portuguêsabalarabanar-seagitarapertar (as mãos)batidocumprimentar-seevadirinstanteinstantinhomexer comsacudirtremer+ 9 more

Românăagitadansascăpascuturascuturare+ 2 more

Русскийизбавитьсяизбавлятьсякоктейльотлуппожатьпожиматьпотрясатьпотрястистряхиватьстряхнутьтряститрясти́сьшататьсяшейк+ 11 more

Slovenčinatriasť

Slovenščinatresti

Shqiplëkundshkund

Српскиpareražtreštresti+ 1 more

Svenskamilkshakeskakaskakning

Kiswahilikutikisa

தமிழ்ஆட்டு

ไทยสั้นเขย่า

Українськапоти́скуватипотиснутитруси́титряститрясти́сяхита́тися+ 3 more

Tiếng Việtbắt taylạclẫysinh tố洲+ 2 more

Examples

“The cat gave the mouse a shake⟳.”

“She replied in the negative, with a shake⟳ of her head.”

“And when the princely Perſean Diadem, Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, And fall⟳ like⟳ mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:”

“The snake did the frug, the monkey did the shake⟳. The crowd, mostly young couples, tourists and kids, loved it.”

“[…] most suppliers will allow⟳ up to 120 grams of shake⟳ to a kilo, or 12 percent; kilo-level buyers are usually unhappy if they find⟳ more.”

““And do you realize⟳ that in a few shakes I've got to show⟳ up at dinner and have⟳ Mrs Cream being very, very kind to me? It hurts the pride of the Woosters, Jeeves.””

“Empty casks are[…]taken to pieces, and the staves closely packed up in a cylindrical form⟳, constituting what are called shakes or packs”

“A Signora Rossinuola, with the face⟳ of a goddess, and the voice of an angel, made her first curtsy that evening to the Neapolitans. She was received with the most rapturous applause. Nothing was heard of next day but her shake⟳ and her smile⟳.”

“As long as I had seen Mr Holdsworth in the rooms at the little inn at Hensleydale, where I had been accustomed to look⟳ upon him as an invalid, I had not been aware of the visible shake⟳ his fever had given to his health.”

“Most of the fission energy was released in the last⟳ few generations, so if the device blew itself apart before about fifty-seven shakes had elapsed, […]”

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