shake
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shake definition


  1. n.
    a milkshake. (Colloquial or Standard English.) : I'd like a chocolate shake, please.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Slang Dictionary

shake (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to blackmail someone. (Underworld.) : The police chief was trying to shake down just about everybody in town.
  2. tv.
    to put pressure on someone to lend one money. : We tried to shake them down for a few hundred, but no deal.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

shake

In addition to the idioms beginning with shake, also see all shook (shaken) up; fair shake; in two shakes; more than one can shake a stick at; movers and shakers; no great shakes; quake (shake) in one's boots.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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