noun
- Building material used as siding or roofing.
- synonyms: shingle
- Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.
- synonyms: milkshake, milk shake
- A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.
- synonyms: trill
- Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract.
- synonyms: handshake, handshaking, handclasp
- A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.
- Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.
verb
- Move or cause to move back and forth.
- usage: "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
- synonyms: agitate
- Move with or as if with a tremor.
- usage: "his hands shook"
- synonyms: didder
- Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively.
- usage: "The old engine was juddering"
- synonyms: judder
- Move back and forth or sideways.
- usage: "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
- Undermine or cause to waver.
- usage: "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
- Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
- usage: "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
- Get rid of.
- usage: "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
- synonyms: shake off, throw off, escape from
- Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking.
- usage: "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
- Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state.
- usage: "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me"
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