Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.
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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.
Slang. to search (someone), esp. to detect concealed weapons.
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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.
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shake 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.
—Idioms
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no great shakes, Informal. of no particular ability; unimportant; common: As opera companies go, this one is no great shakes.
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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.
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.
two shakes or two shakes of a lamb's tail, a very short time; a moment.
Origin: bef. 900; (v.) ME s(c)haken, OE sceacan; c. LG schacken, ON skaka; (n.) deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
shak⋅a⋅ble, shake⋅a⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms: 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.
A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.
A rough shingle used to cover rustic buildings, such as barns: cedar shakes.
shakesInformal Uncontrollable trembling, as in a person who is cold, frightened, feverish, or ill. Often used with the:was suffering from a bad case of the shakes.
Slang A bargain or deal: getting a fair shake.
Slang To extort money from.
Slang To make a thorough search of: shook down the prisoners' cells for hidden weapons.
To subject (a new ship or aircraft) to shakedown testing.
To become acclimated or accustomed, as to a new environment or a new job.
To upset by or as if by a physical jolt or shock: was badly shaken up by the accident.
To subject to a drastic rearrangement or reorganization: new management bent on shaking up the company.
Phrasal Verb(s): shake down
Slang To extort money from.
Slang To make a thorough search of: shook down the prisoners' cells for hidden weapons.
To subject (a new ship or aircraft) to shakedown testing.
To become acclimated or accustomed, as to a new environment or a new job.
shake offTo free oneself of; get rid of: We shook off our fears. shake up
To upset by or as if by a physical jolt or shock: was badly shaken up by the accident.
To subject to a drastic rearrangement or reorganization: new management bent on shaking up the company.
Idiom(s):
give (someone) the shake Slang To escape from or get rid of: We managed to give our pursuers the shake.
Idiom(s):
no great shakes Slang Unexceptional; ordinary: "stepping in between the victim and the bully, even when the victim happens to be no great shakes"(Louis Auchincloss).
Idiom(s):
shake a leg Informal
To dance.
To move quickly; hurry up.
Idiom(s):
shake (another's) tree Slang To arouse to action or reaction; disturb: "[He] so shook Hollywood's tree that . . . all manner of . . . people called me unsolicited to itemize his mistakes or praise his courage"(Tina Brown).
Idiom(s):
shake a stick at Slang To point out, designate, or name: "All of a sudden there came into being a vast conservative infrastructure: think-tanks . . . and more foundations than you could shake a stick at"(National Review).
[Middle English schaken, from Old English sceacan.] shak'a·ble, shake'a·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to manifest involuntary vibratory movement. Shake is the most general: The floor shook when I walked heavily across the room. Tremble implies quick, rather slight movement, as from excitement, weakness, or anger: The speaker trembled as he denounced his opponents. Quake refers to more violent movement, as that caused by shock or upheaval: I was so scared that my legs began to quake. Quiver suggests a slight, rapid, tremulous movement: "Her lip quivered like that of a child about to cry" (Booth Tarkington). Shiver involves rapid trembling, as of a person experiencing chill: "as I in hoary winter night stood shivering in the snow" (Robert Southwell). Shudder applies chiefly to convulsive shaking caused by fear, horror, or revulsion: "She starts like one that spies an adder/ . . . The fear whereof doth make him shake and shudder" (Shakespeare). See Also Synonyms at agitate, dismay.
[shey-king] 
) Informal. a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc. (usually prec. by the).