shake
/ˈʃeɪk/noun
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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.
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.
verb
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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.
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".
To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
Example: to shake fruit down from a tree
To disturb emotionally; to shock.
Example: He was shaken by what had happened.
Synonyms:traumatize