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Shake

/ˈʃeɪk/

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

📖 Definitions of "Shake"

noun

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

1
To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
"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.
"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.
"to shake fruit down from a tree"
4
To disturb emotionally; to shock.
"He was shaken by what had happened."

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