shake
To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
Verb 4 meanings
To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
“The earthquake shook the building.”
To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
“Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.”
To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
“to shake fruit down from a tree”
To disturb emotionally; to shock.
“Her father’s death shook her terribly.”
Noun 4 meanings
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
“The cat gave the mouse a shake.”
A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
A milkshake.
Etymology
From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek- (“to jump, move”).
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SHAKE at a glance
SHAKE has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + A 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,042 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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