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verb (used without object)
1.
to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
2.
to tremble with emotion, cold, etc.
3.
to become dislodged and fall (usually followed by off or down): Sand shakes off easily.
4.
to move something, or its support or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing: Shake before using.
5.
EXPANDto totter; become unsteady.
verb (used with object)
8.
to move (something or its support or container) to and fro or up and down with short, quick, forcible movements: to shake a bottle of milk.
9.
to brandish or flourish: to shake a stick at someone.
10.
to grasp (someone or something) firmly in an attempt to move or rouse by, or as by, vigorous movement to and fro: We shook the tree.
11.
to dislodge or dispense (something) by short, quick, forcible movements of its support or container: We shook nuts from the tree.
12.
EXPANDto cause to sway, rock, totter, etc.: to shake the very foundations of society.
13.
to agitate or disturb profoundly in feeling: The experience shook him badly.
14.
to cause to doubt or waver; weaken. to shake one's self-esteem.
15.
Music. to trill (a note).
16.
to mix (dice) by rolling in the palm of the hand before they are cast.
17.
COLLAPSEto get rid of; elude: They tried to shake their pursuers.
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No great shakes
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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noun
Verb phrases18.
an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
19.
tremulous motion.
20.
a tremor.
21.
shakes, (used with a singular verb) Informal. a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc. (usually preceded by the).
22.
EXPANDa disturbing blow; shock.
23.
Informal. milk shake.
24.
the act or a manner of clasping another's hand in greeting, agreement, etc.: He has a strong shake.
25.
Informal. chance or fate; deal: a fair shake.
26.
a cast of the dice: He threw an eight on his last shake.
27.
something resulting from shaking.
28.
an earthquake.
29.
a fissure in the earth.
30.
an internal crack or fissure in timber.
31.
Music. trill1 (def. 9).
32.
an instant: I'll be with you in a shake.
33.
Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.
34.
Horology. (in an escapement) the distance between the nearer corner of one pallet and the nearest tooth of the escape wheel when the other pallet arrests an escape tooth.
35.
Chiefly South Midland U.S. shaker (def. 2).
36.
a dance deriving from the twist.
37.
COLLAPSESlang. the dried leaves of the marijuana plant.
38.
shake down,
a.
to cause to descend by shaking; bring down.
b.
to cause to settle.
c.
to condition; test: to shake down a ship.
d.
Informal. to extort money from.
e.
Slang. to search (someone), especially to detect concealed weapons.
39.
shake off,
a.
to rid oneself of; reject.
b.
to get away from; leave behind.
c.
Baseball, Softball. (of a pitcher) to indicate rejection of (a sign by the catcher for a certain pitch) by shaking the head or motioning with the glove.
40.
Idiomsshake up,
a.
to shake in order to mix or loosen.
b.
to upset; jar.
c.
to agitate mentally or physically: The threat of attack has shaken up the entire country.
41.
no great shakes, Informal. of no particular ability; unimportant; common: As opera companies go, this one is no great shakes.
42.
shake a leg, Informal.
a.
to hurry up; get a move on: You'd better shake a leg or we'll miss the first act.
b.
to dance.
43.
shake hands. hand (def. 77).
44.
shake one's head,
a.
to indicate disapproval, disagreement, negation, or uncertainty by turning one's head from one side to the other and back: I asked him if he knew the answer, but he just shook his head.
b.
to indicate approval, agreement, affirmation or acceptance by nodding one's head up and down.
45.
EXPANDshake the dust from one's feet. dust (def. 25).
46.
COLLAPSEtwo shakes (of a lamb's tail), a very short time; a moment.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English s(c)haken, Old English sceacan; cognate with Low German schacken, Old Norse skaka; (noun) derivative of the v.
before 900; (v.) Middle English s(c)haken, Old English sceacan; cognate with Low German schacken, Old Norse skaka; (noun) derivative of the v.
Related forms
shak·a·ble, shake·a·ble, adjective
re·shake, verb, re·shook, re·shak·en, re·shak·ing.
un·shak·a·ble, adjective
un·shak·a·ble·ly, adverb
un·shake·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. oscillate, waver. Shake, quiver, tremble, vibrate refer to an agitated movement that, in living things, is often involuntary. To shake is to agitate more or less quickly, abruptly, and often unevenly so as to disturb the poise, stability, or equilibrium of a person or thing: a pole shaking under his weight. To quiver is to exhibit a slight vibratory motion such as that resulting from disturbed or irregular (surface) tension: The surface of the pool quivered in the breeze. To tremble (used more often of a person) is to be agitated by intermittent, involuntary movements of the muscles, much like shivering and caused by fear, cold, weakness, great emotion, etc.: Even stout hearts tremble with dismay. To vibrate is to exhibit a rapid, rhythmical motion: A violin string vibrates when a bow is drawn across it. 2. shudder, shiver. 14. daunt.
1. oscillate, waver. Shake, quiver, tremble, vibrate refer to an agitated movement that, in living things, is often involuntary. To shake is to agitate more or less quickly, abruptly, and often unevenly so as to disturb the poise, stability, or equilibrium of a person or thing: a pole shaking under his weight. To quiver is to exhibit a slight vibratory motion such as that resulting from disturbed or irregular (surface) tension: The surface of the pool quivered in the breeze. To tremble (used more often of a person) is to be agitated by intermittent, involuntary movements of the muscles, much like shivering and caused by fear, cold, weakness, great emotion, etc.: Even stout hearts tremble with dismay. To vibrate is to exhibit a rapid, rhythmical motion: A violin string vibrates when a bow is drawn across it. 2. shudder, shiver. 14. daunt.
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Word Origin & History
shake
c.1380, from shake (v.). As a type of instantaneous action, it is recorded from 1816. Phrase fair shake "honest deal" is attested from 1830, Amer.Eng. The shakes "nervous agitation" is from 1624. Shakeout "business upheaval" is from 1895; shake-up "reorganization" is from
EXPAND 1899. Dismissive phrase no great shakes (1816) perhaps is from dicing.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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shake (so) definition
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no great shakes
Nothing out of the ordinary, mediocre, as in I'm afraid the new pitcher is no great shakes, or What I did with this decorating project was no great shakes. This term possibly alludes to the shaking of dice, which most often yields a mediocre result, but there is no evidence to support this theory. [Early 1800s]
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