SHAKE
/ˈʃeɪk/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 11
Definition
- noun building material used as siding or roofing.
— synonyms: shingle
- noun frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.
— synonyms: milkshake, milk_shake
- noun a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.
— synonyms: trill
- noun grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).
— synonyms: handshake, handshaking, handclasp
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.
— synonyms: tremble, shiver
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side.
— synonyms: wag, waggle
- verb move or cause to move back and forth.
— synonyms: agitate
- verb move with or as if with a tremor.
— synonyms: didder
- verb shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively.
— synonyms: judder
- verb move back and forth or sideways.
— synonyms: rock, sway
- verb undermine or cause to waver.
- verb stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
— synonyms: stimulate, shake_up, excite, stir
- verb get rid of.
— synonyms: shake_off, throw_off, escape_from
- verb bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking.
- verb shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state.
Examples
- “She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.”
- “He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.”
- “Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".”
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