1. (n.)shake-up a thorough change of administration in an organization, department, or the like, as by dismissals or reassignments.
Etymology: (1900–05)
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 makefuller by shaking "fluff up the pillows"
Definitions of shake-up 
Afrikaans: herorganisasie
Arabic: إعادَة تنظيم، نَفْض
Bulgarian: реорганизация
Brazilian: reviravolta
Czech: zmatek; reorganizace
German: die Umwälzung
Danish: ruske op i
Greek: ταρακούνημα, αναστάτωση, 
Spanish: reorganización
Estonian: ümberkorraldus, häirimine
Farsi: تغيير و تحول
Finnish: häiriö
French: grand remaniement
Hebrew: טַלטָלָה
Hindi: तब्दीली
Croatian: reorganizacija, drmanje
Hungarian: átszervezés
Indonesian: kekalutan
Icelandic: umbylting, gagnger endurs
Italian: rimaneggiamento, rimpasto
Japanese: 大異動
Korean: 대개편
Lithuanian: pertvarkymas, performavim
Latvian: reorganizācija; pārkārtoj
Malay: mengejutkan
Dutch: reorganisatie
Norwegian: omvelting; omorganisering
Polish: przetasowanie
Persian: تغيير و تحول
Pashto: تغیر
Portuguese: reviravolta
Romanian: remaniere
Russian: встряска
Slovak: zmätok; reorganizácia
Slovenian: sprememba
Serbian: reorganizacija
Swedish: omskakning, ommöblering
Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลงครั้งใหญ่
Turkish: yeniden düzenleme/örgütle
Taiwanese: 動亂，改組
Ukrainian: струс; переміщення службо
Urdu: ہلا جلا کار ترتیب میں لان
Vietnamese: sự cải tổ
Chinese: 动乱，改组
