shake up Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb shock physically
    bump around; jar.
    • Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game
  2. verb organize anew
    reorganize; reorganise.
    • We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under
  3. verb shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
    succuss.
  4. verb stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
    stir; excite; stimulate; shake.
    • These stories shook the community
    • the civil war shook the country
  5. verb change the arrangement or position of
    raise up; disturb; commove; stir up; vex; agitate.
  6. verb make fuller by shaking
    fluff up; plump up.
    • fluff up the pillows

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