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Defenition of the word shake

    • Defenition of the word shake

      • Fruit pulp mixed with water or milk and sugar in a blender.
      • To cause (something) to move rapidly from side to side.
      • To arouse or stir up emotions or feelings.
      • To clasp hands to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state.
      • grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
      • shake or vibrate rapidly
      • frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
      • move back and forth, like a ship
      • undermine or weaken; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
      • bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"
      • move back and forth; "She shook her cousin's hands"; "Don't shake the bottle"; "My hands were shaking"
      • get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
      • building material used as siding or roofing
      • as of senses or emotions; "These stories shook the community"
      • move with a tremor
      • reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement
      • a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
      • causing to move repeatedly from side to side
      • grasping and shaking a person''s hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
      • move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
      • undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
      • 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"
      • shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one''s head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don''t shake your fist at me!"
      • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
      • move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
      • move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
      • shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering"
      • get rid of; "I couldn''t shake the car that was following me"
      • a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
      • move with or as if with a tremor
      • undermine or cause to waver
      • bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
      • shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
      • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
      • move back and forth or sideways
      • move or cause to move back and forth
      • shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
      • get rid of

    Synonyms for the word shake

      • agitate
      • didder
      • escape from
      • excite
      • handclasp
      • handshake
      • handshaking
      • judder
      • milk shake
      • milkshake
      • rock
      • shake off
      • shake up
      • shingle
      • shiver
      • stimulate
      • stir
      • sway
      • throw off
      • tremble
      • trill
      • wag
      • waggle

    Similar words in the shake

      • agitate
      • foment
      • stir up

    Hyponyms for the word shake

      • affright
      • animate
      • arouse
      • concuss
      • convulse
      • eggshake
      • elate
      • enliven
      • exalt
      • excite
      • fan
      • fluff up
      • frappe
      • fright
      • frighten
      • fuel
      • inspire
      • intoxicate
      • invigorate
      • invite
      • jactitate
      • jiggle
      • joggle
      • lift up
      • malt
      • malted
      • malted milk
      • nutate
      • palpitate
      • pick up
      • plump up
      • quake
      • rattle
      • roll
      • scare
      • sex
      • shake up
      • slash
      • sparge
      • succuss
      • swag
      • tempt
      • thrash
      • thrash about
      • thresh
      • thresh about
      • thrill
      • tickle
      • titillate
      • toss
      • totter
      • tremble
      • tremor
      • turn on
      • uplift
      • vibrate
      • wiggle
      • wind up

    Hypernyms for the word shake

      • acknowledgement
      • acknowledgment
      • agitation
      • alter
      • arouse
      • break loose
      • building material
      • change
      • drink
      • elicit
      • enkindle
      • escape
      • evoke
      • fire
      • gesticulate
      • gesture
      • get away
      • inborn reflex
      • innate reflex
      • instinctive reflex
      • kindle
      • modify
      • motion
      • move
      • move back and forth
      • move involuntarily
      • move reflexively
      • musical note
      • note
      • physiological reaction
      • provoke
      • raise
      • reflex
      • reflex action
      • reflex response
      • tone
      • unconditioned reflex
      • vibrate
      • weaken

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