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Shakes

/ʃeɪks/

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

📖 Definitions of "Shakes"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    A milkshake.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

verb
  1. 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. 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. 3

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

    "to shake fruit down from a tree"

  4. 4

    To disturb emotionally; to shock.

    "He was shaken by what had happened."

noun
  1. 1

    A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.

    "When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. http//apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction"

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