overshake

English

Etymology

over- +‎ shake

Verb

overshake (third-person singular simple present overshakes, present participle overshaking, simple past overshook, past participle overshaken)

1. To shake too much.

   Always shake hands at a job interview, but try not to overshake.

2. (obsolete) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)