shake
shayk
- n building material used as siding or roofing
- n frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- n a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- n grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- n a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- n causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- v move or cause to move back and forth
- v move with or as if with a tremor
- v shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- v move back and forth or sideways
- v undermine or cause to waver
my faith has been shaken - v stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- v get rid of
I couldn't shake the car that was following me - v bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
He was shaken from his dreams
shake the salt out of the salt shaker - v shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
shake one's head
Don't shake your fist at me!
- The Coke was adequate, and the shake interesting.
- Two death pacts shake the country .
- Of the post-Deng shake-out, only one thing is certain: it has already begun.