shake : Idioms & Phrases

• noun frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
  milkshake; shake.
  

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Nerve"-shak`en adjective

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1. Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked.

Webster 1913

• of no great importance. Slang Byron.

Webster 1913

• verb take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
  

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• verb get rid of
  throw off; escape from; shake.
  
  • I couldn't shake the car that was following me
• verb get rid of
  shed; throw away; throw off; drop; cast off; cast; throw.
  
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss
  • shed your clothes

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

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• noun the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
  reorganization; shakeup; reorganisation.
  
  • a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum
  • top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup

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• noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
  paralysis agitans; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's; Parkinsonism; Parkinson's syndrome.
  

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• a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef.

Webster 1913

• the fever and ague. Colloq. U.S.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.

Webster 1913

• to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.

Webster 1913

• to move, give notice, or alarm.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Webster 1913

• a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
  world-shattering; earthshaking.
  
  • earthshaking proposals
  • the contest was no world-shaking affair
  • the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering

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