Shake

Quick meaning: Shake is a verb meaning (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
2. (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
3. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
4. (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
5. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
6. (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
7. (intransitive) To dance.

Example Sentences

to shake fruit down from a tree

The earthquake shook the building.

[…]Shake off the golden ſlumber of repoſe;[…]

Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.

Word Forms

• shakes
• shaking
• shaked
• shaken

Synonyms for shake

Depending on context, synonyms include jiggle, quake, shag, tremble, vibrate, wiggle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shake up, judder, wag, waggle, didder, tremble.

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