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Meaning of shake one's hocks | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To get moving; to depart in a hurry.

US, dated, slang

Examples

“Well, we's got work⟳ to do. Finish⟳ up here, boys, we got's some miles to make⟳. Better shake⟳ our hocks.”
“2014, Eugenia Riley, Wanted Across Time Shake⟳ your hocks, sugar, before those bastards blow⟳ several holes in you.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

shake out shake over shake the dust from one's feet shake the dust from one's sandals shake the pagoda tree shake the plum tree

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