Shake

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
 * The earthquake shook the building.
 * He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.
 * 1)  To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.
 * Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".
 * 1)  To disturb emotionally; to shock.
 * Her father's death shook her terribly.
 * He was shaken by what had happened.
 * 1)  To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
 * I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.
 * 1)  To move from side to side.
 * She shook with grief.
 * 1)  To shake hands. (Esp. shake on:.)
 * OK, let's shake on it.
 * 1)  To dance.
 * She was shaking it on the dance floor.

Derived terms

 * more than one can shake a stick at
 * shake a leg
 * shake and bake, shake 'n bake
 * shake hands
 * shake off


 * shake one's ass
 * shake one's head
 * shake on it
 * shake the pagoda tree
 * shake up

Noun

 * 1) The act of shaking something.
 * The cat gave the mouse a shake.
 * 1) A milkshake.
 * 2) A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
 * 3) Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
 * 4)  Shingle.
 * 5) A crack or splint in wood.
 * 6)  Instant, second. (Esp. in two shakes:.)

Lumber

1. A defect in lumber consisting of separation of wood fibers along the grain, the greater part of which occurs between the rings of annual growth

Derived terms

 * in two shakes, in two shakes of a cow's tail, etc.
 * milk-shake
 * shakemap, shake map


 * shake table
 * shakeup, shake-up

Adjectives for Shake
impressive; impatient; melancholy; solemn; nervous; dubious; significant; respectful; weary.

Adverbs for Shake
convulsively; nervously; agitatedly; furiously; rudely; violently; negatively; skeptically; energetically; pitilessly; inwardly; pathetically; lustily; viciously; vigorously; sternly; ominously; vehemently; passionately.

Thesaurus
Bebung, abandon, abate, accost, address, affright, age, agitate, agitating, agitation, alarm, alcoholic drink, all-overs, anthem, aphonia, appall, artificial voice, assault, attenuate, avoid, awe, ballad, be cold, beam, bear, bear upon, beat, beat up, beating, beg, beverage, bid good day, bid good morning, billet, blackmail, blunt, board, boarding, bob, bobble, boost, bother, bounce, bow to, bowl down, bowl over, brandish, break in, break the habit, breath, breathing, brick, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice, brush off, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, careen, carol, chant, chatter, cheat the undertaker, childish treble, chill, chirp, chirrup, choir, choked voice, chorus, churn, churn up, circumvent, clapboard, clog, coggle, comb, concuss, condition, confound, confuse, convulse, cord, cordwood, coup, cower, crack, cracked voice, cram, cramp, cripple, croak, croon, crow, crowd, crush, curdle the blood, curtsy, damage, damp, dampen, dance, dangle, dash, daunt, deaden, deal, debilitate, debug, decline, delirium tremens, demoralize, descant, deter, devitalize, didder, dig, disaffect, disappoint, disarrange, discard, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discontinue, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, dislodge, disorder, display, disquiet, distress, disturb, ditch, dither, do-re-mi, dodder, double, drawl, driftwood, drink, drinkable, drive, drop, dull, dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia, dysphasia, dysphonia, dysphrasia, elbow, electrify, elude, enervate, enfeeble, escape, evade, eviscerate, exchange greetings, excite, exhaust, exhibit, extenuate, face, fade, fail, falsetto, falter, faze, ferment, fidget, firewood, flap, flash, flaunt, flicker, flip out, flit, flitter, float, flop, flourish, fluctuate, flurry, fluster, flutter, fly, foot, force, fox-trot, freak out on, freeze, freeze to death, fret, fright, frighten, frosted, frosted shake, funk, get along, get around, get away from, get high on, get on, get out of, get rid of, get to, give up, glass, glaze, glow, go pitapat, goad, greet, grimace, grind, grow cold, grow old, gruel, gyrate, gyration, hail, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, halt, hardwood, harm, harshness, have a chill, have an ague, have goose pimples, have the fidgets, have the shakes, hawking voice, heave, hiss, hoarseness, hold up, hoof, hop, horrify, horripilate, hum, hurtle, hustle, hymn, idioglossia, idiolalia, impair, impairment of speech, instant, intonate, intone, jab, jactitate, jam, jar, jarring, jerk, jiff, jiffy, jig, jigget, jiggle, jimjams, jog, joggle, jolt, jolting, jostle, jounce, jump, jumps, kick, kiss, kiss hands, knock down, lath, lathing, lathwork, lay low, leave off, librate, lift the hat, lilt, limp, liquid, liquor, lisp, lisping, log, look all over, look everywhere, lose, lose heat, loss of voice, lumber, lurch, make one tremble, malt, microsecond, millisecond, mince, minstrel, minute, mitigate, mix up, moment, muzzy speech, nasal tone, nasalization, nod to, nudge, nutate, oscillate, outwit, overawe, overcome, paddle, palpitate, palpitation, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, pant, paper, parade, pendulate, perish with cold, perplex, perturb, perturbate, pile drive, pipe, pitapat, pitch, pitter-patter, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, poke, pole, pop, post, potable, potation, prance, press, prod, prostrate, prove, psalm, psych out, pull the forelock, pulsate, pump, punch, puncheon, push, puzzle, quail, quake, quaker, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, raise apprehensions, rake, ram, ram down, ransack, rattle, reduce, reel, resonate, revet, rictus, rifle, rile, ripple, rock, roil, roll, roughen, roulade, ruffle, rummage, rumple, run, run against, salute, sap, say hello, scare, scour, search high heaven, sec, second, serenade, shake all over, shake down, shake hands, shake off, shake up, shaking, sheathe, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shimmy, shingle, shiver, shivering, shivers, shock, shoulder, shove, show off, shrivel, shudder, shuddering, shuffle, shuffle out of, sibilation, sideboard, siding, sing, sing in chorus, sink, skip, skirt, slab, slat, slate, slip, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft drink, soften up, softwood, sol-fa, solmizate, speech defect, speech impediment, splat, split second, splutter, spook, sputter, squeeze, squirm, stagger, startle, stave, stick, stick of wood, stir, stir up, stirring up, stone, stop, stovewood, stress, stroke, stun, swag, sway, swear off, swell, swell with emotion, swing, swirl, take aback, talk incoherently, tamp, tap-dance, teeter, temblor, test, thatch, the shakes, threaten, three-by-four, thrill, thrill to, throb, throw off, thrust, tic, tick, tile, timber, timbering, timberwork, tingle, tingle with excitement, tonic, toss, toss and turn, totter, touch the hat, tremble, trembling, tremolando, tremolant, tremolo, tremor, tremors, trice, trill, trillet, trilleto, trillo, trip, troll, trouble, tumble, turn gray, turn inside out, turn on to, turn upside down, turn white, twang, tweedle, tweedledee, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twist and turn, twit, twitch, twitter, two shakes, two-by-four, unbrace, uncover, undermine, undo, undulate, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstrengthen, unstring, upset, vacillate, vaunt, veneer, vibrate, vibrato, vocalize, wag, waggle, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, waltz, wane, warble, waste away, wave, waver, wavering, weaken, weatherboard, whip, whip up, whisk, whistle, wield, wiggle, wigwag, willies, wink, wither, wizen, wobble, wobbling, wood, work up, worry, wriggle, wrinkle, writhe, yodel

Etymology
scacan.

Verb

 * Arabic: هز
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: ryste
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, agiter
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: זעזע,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 揺する, 揺らす,


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌قاندن
 * Latin:
 * Luxembourgish: rëselen, stuckelen
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese: sacudir, agitar
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:


 * Finnish: pudistaa


 * Armenian:
 * Danish: ryste, chokere
 * Dutch: schokken
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew: זעזע


 * Hungarian: megráz
 * Japanese: 動揺させる, 狼狽させる
 * Latin:
 * Russian: потрясать (potr'asát'), потрясти (potr'astí)
 * Slovene: pretresti
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Danish: ryste af sig
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese: 振り払う, 振り落とす;  拭う


 * Polish: pozbyć się
 * Russian: стряхивать (str'áχivat'), стряхнуть (str'aχnút') , избавляться (izbavl'át's'a) , избавиться (izbávit't's'a)
 * Slovene: otresti se


 * Arabic: هز
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌قاندنه‌وه‌
 * Nahuatl: cuecuexi, cuecuechiuia
 * Old English:
 * Russian: трястись (tr'astís'), шататься (šatát's'a)
 * Slovene: tresti se


 * Czech: potřást si rukama
 * Danish: give hånd på
 * Finnish: kätellä, paiskata kättä
 * French: se serrer la main
 * German: händeschütteln
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: 握手する
 * Polish: podać sobie dłonie
 * Portuguese: cumprimentar-se
 * Slovene: stresti
 * Suku: cze}}:


 * Icelandic:


 * : schudden
 * : mengguncang, mengocok
 * : scuotere


 * : 떨다 (ddeolda)
 * : riste
 * : sacudir
 * : agitar, sacudir
 * : skaka
 * : కుదుపు (kudupu)
 * : seksekim, sakim, seksek (6), sekan (7)

Noun

 * Danish: rysten, rusk
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German: Schütteln
 * Romanian: scuturare
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Icelandic:, sjeik,  mjólkurhristingur
 * Japanese: ミルクセーキ
 * Slovene: šejk

Anagrams

 * hakes