Definitions for shake
ʃeɪkshake

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shingle, shake(noun)

   building material used as siding or roofing

2. milkshake, milk shake, shake(noun)

   frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

3. trill, shake(noun)

   a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

4. handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp(noun)

   grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

5. tremble, shiver, shake(noun)

   a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

6. wag, waggle, shake(verb)

   causing to move repeatedly from side to side

7. shake, agitate(verb)

   move or cause to move back and forth

   "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

8. shake, didder(verb)

   move with or as if with a tremor

   "his hands shook"

9. judder, shake(verb)

   shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively

   "The old engine was juddering"

10. rock, sway, shake(verb)

    move back and forth or sideways

    "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

11. shake(verb)

    undermine or cause to waver

    "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

12. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir(verb)

    stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

    "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

13. shake, shake off, throw off, escape from(verb)

    get rid of

    "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"

14. shake(verb)

    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"

15. shake(verb)

    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!"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shake(Noun)

   The act of shaking something.

   The cat gave the mouse a shake.

2. shake(Noun)

   A milkshake.

3. shake(Noun)

   A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

4. shake(Noun)

   Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

5. shake(Noun)

   A thin shingle.

6. shake(Noun)

   A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

7. shake(Noun)

   Instant, second. (Esp. in two shakes.)

8. shake(Verb)

   To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

9. shake(Verb)

   To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.

   Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".

10. shake(Verb)

    To disturb emotionally; to shock.

11. shake(Verb)

    To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

    I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.

12. shake(Verb)

    To move from side to side.

    She shook with grief.

13. shake(Verb)

    To shake hands.

    OK, let's shake on it.

14. shake(Verb)

    To dance.

    She was shaking it on the dance floor.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shake

   obs. p. p. of Shake

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

2. Shake

   to cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

3. Shake

   fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

4. Shake

   to give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

5. Shake

   to move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

6. Shake(verb)

   to be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

7. Shake(noun)

   the act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

8. Shake(noun)

   a fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

9. Shake(noun)

   a fissure in rock or earth

   Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

10. Shake(noun)

    a rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill

    Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

11. Shake(noun)

    one of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart

    Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

12. Shake(noun)

    a shook of staves and headings

    Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

13. Shake(noun)

    the redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground

    Etymology: [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. 161. Cf. Shock, v.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shake

   Shake was an image compositing package used in the post-production industry. Shake was widely used in visual effects and digital compositing for film, video and commercials. Shake exposed its node graph architecture graphically. It enabled complex image processing sequences to be designed through the connection of effects "nodes" in a graphical workflow interface. This type of compositing interface allowed great flexibility, including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step "in context". Many other compositing packages, such as Blender, eyeon Fusion, Nuke and Cineon, also used a similar node-based approach. Shake was available for Mac OS X and Linux. Support for Microsoft Windows and IRIX was discontinued in previous versions. On July 30, 2009, Apple discontinued Shake. No direct product replacement had been announced by Apple, but some features are now available in Final Cut Studio and Motion, such as the SmoothCam filter.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shake

   shāk, v.t. to move with quick, short motions: to agitate: to make to tremble: to threaten to overthrow: to cause to waver: to give a tremulous note to.—v.i. to be agitated: to tremble: to shiver: to lose firmness:—pa.t. shook, (B.) shāked; pa.p. shāk′en,—n. a rapid tremulous motion: a trembling or shivering: a concussion: a rent in timber, rock, &c.: (mus.) a rapid repetition of two notes: (slang) a brief instant.—n. Shake′down, a temporary bed, named from the original shaking down of straw for this purpose.—adj. Shāk′en, weakened, disordered.—ns. Shāk′er, one of a small communistic religious sect founded in Manchester about the middle of the 18th century, so nicknamed from a peculiar dance forming part of their religious service; Shake′-rag (obs.), a ragged fellow; Shāk′erism.—adv. Shāk′ily.—n. Shāk′iness.—adj. Shāk′y, in a shaky condition: feeble: (coll.) wavering, undecided: of questionable ability, solvency, or integrity: unsteady: full of cracks or clefts.—Shake down, or together, to make more compact by shaking; Shake hands, to salute by grasping the hand: (with) to bid farewell to; Shake off the dust from one's feet, to renounce all intercourse with; Shake the head, to move the head from side to side in token of reluctance, disapproval, &c.; Shake together (coll.), to get friendly with; Shake up, to restore to shape by shaking: (Shak.) to upbraid.—Great shakes (coll.), a thing of great account, something of value (usually 'No great shakes'). [A.S. sceacan, scacan.]

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1. Shake

   Shake is a mobile-first application that allows users to create, sign, and send, plain English and legally binding agreements from their phones. Shake was founded in 2012 by an experienced team of entrepreneurs and investors. They have decades of startup and executive leadership experience at companies such as Google, Spotify, AOL, BuzzFeed, and RRE Ventures.

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1. shake

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shake' in Verbs Frequency: #245

Anagrams for shake »

1. hakes

How to pronounce shake?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say shake in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shake in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of shake in a Sentence

1. Martin Dempsey:

   It will be a shame if we don't realize that we may be at that point, and shake ourselves back into the reality that we can do something about it.

2. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Be self-confident! Believe in yourself first before anyone else! Nobody, absolutely no one, in the world should be able to shake your self-confidence without your consent. Be a well-balanced self-critic to improve yourself, at all times! You're a "Cut above the rest" - and that you mustn't ever forget. Good luck!

3. Effie Vasilopoulos:

   It is very difficult for the regulators to police such a vast landscape so now they're trying to shake this number out, this is a sensible thing to do, but the risk is that in trying to recalibrate, the pendulum is swinging too far in the opposite direction.

4. Carol Shepard:

   It'd be like the house would shake. It'd be like somebody that weighs 300 pounds came in my living room, and jumped up and down.

5. Chris Christie:

   You're going to shake your head sometimes and say, 'I cannot believe he just said that.' But here's one thing you'll never be able to say: 'I don't know what he thinks. I don't know what he feels,'.

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