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      shake
      noun
      The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
      (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
      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.
      (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
      (building material) A thin shingle.
      A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
      A fissure in rock or earth.
      A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
      (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
      (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
      (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
      A shock or disturbance.
      (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
      (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
      A shook of staves and headings.
      (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
      A surname.
      (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
      verb
      (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
      (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
      (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
      (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
      (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
      (intransitive) To move from side to side.
      (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
      (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
      (intransitive) To dance.
      (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
      (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
      Synonyms for shake
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      Words related to shake
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