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Meaning of shake

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shake

Pronunciation:/ˈʃeɪk/

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.

  2. A milkshake.

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

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

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

    Example: He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.

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

    Example: Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".

  3. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

    Example: to shake fruit down from a tree

  4. To disturb emotionally; to shock.

    Example: He was shaken by what had happened.

    Synonyms:traumatize