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Definition of 'shake up' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
"a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"

2. (verb) jar, shake up, bump around
shock physically
"Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

3. (verb) reorganize, reorganise, shake up
organize anew
"We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"

4. (verb) succuss, shake up
shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)

5. (verb) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
"These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

6. (verb) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
change the arrangement or position of

7. (verb) fluff up, plump up, shake up
make fuller by shaking
"fluff up the pillows"


Definition of 'shake up' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) shake up
to cause important changes to happen
The use of Internet videos has shaken up the election campaign.

2.  shake up
to make feel shocked and upset
news that shook up the town


Translation of 'shake up' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to disturb or rouse (people) so as to make them more energetic.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanmoedig Arabic flag Arabic: يُثير، يُقْلِق، يَهُز الم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: раздрсусвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: abanar Czech flag Czech: vyburcovat German flag German: aufrütteln
Danish flag Danish: ruske op i Greek flag Greek: ταρακουνώ (μτφ.), κάνω κπ Spanish flag Spanish: sacudir
Estonian flag Estonian: ergutama Farsi flag Farsi: كسي را به خود آوردن Finnish flag Finnish: ravistella hereille
French flag French: secouer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְנַעֵר Hindi flag Hindi: जागरुक करना
Croatian flag Croatian: prodrmati, protresti Hungarian flag Hungarian: felráz Indonesian flag Indonesian: merangsang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hrista uppí Italian flag Italian: scuotere Japanese flag Japanese: 奮い立たせる
Korean flag Korean: 격려하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sukrėsti Latvian flag Latvian: uzmundrināt; sapurināt
Malay flag Malay: memberi semangat Dutch flag Dutch: wakker schudden Norwegian flag Norwegian: ruske opp i
Polish flag Polish: wstrząsać Persian flag Persian: كسي را به خود آوردن Pashto flag Pashto: څوك له ځان سره راوړل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: abanar Romanian flag Romanian: a scutura Russian flag Russian: расшевелить, встряхнуть
Slovak flag Slovak: vyburcovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: spodbuditi Serbian flag Serbian: prodrmati
Swedish flag Swedish: skaka (ruska) om, rycka u Thai flag Thai: ทำให้ตื่นตัว Turkish flag Turkish: yeniden düzenlemek/örgütl
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 擾亂,激勵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розворушити Urdu flag Urdu: للکار کر جوش دلانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thức tỉnh Chinese flag Chinese: 激荡,激励

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