shake

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃeɪk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪk
• Homophones: sheik, sheikh (one pronunciation)

Etymology

Old English scacan.

Verb

shake (third-person singular simple present shakes, present participle shaking, simple past shook, past participle shaken)

1. (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

   The earthquake shook the building.

   He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.

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

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

3. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

   Her father's death shook her terribly.

   He was shaken by what had happened.

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

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

5. (intransitive) To move from side to side.

   She shook with grief.

6. (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

   OK, let's shake on it.

7. (intransitive) To dance.

   She was shaking it on the dance floor.

Derived terms

Derived terms

more than one can shake a stick at shake a leg shake and bake, shake 'n bake shake hands shake off

shake one's ass shake one's head shake on it shake the pagoda tree shake up

Translations

transitive: to cause to move

Arabic: هز (ar) (házza) Armenian: սասանել (hy) (sasanel) Chinese: Mandarin: 搖 (cmn), 摇 (cmn) (yáo) Danish: ryste (da) Esperanto: skui (eo) Finnish: ravistaa (fi), ravistella (fi), heristää (fi) French: secouer (fr), agiter (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: schütteln (de), erschüttern (de) Hebrew: זעזע (he) (za'azéa), ניער (he) (ni'ér) Hungarian: ráz (hu)

Japanese: 揺する (ja) (yusuru), 揺らす (ja) (yurasu), 振る (ja) (furu) Kurdish: Sorani: شه‌قاندن (ku) (shaqAndin) Latin: commoveō (la) Luxembourgish: rëselen (lb), stuckelen (lb) Norwegian: riste (no) Old Church Slavonic: трѧсти (tręsti) Old English: cweċċan (ang) Portuguese: sacudir (pt), agitar (pt) Russian: трясти (ru) (trjastí) impf. Scottish Gaelic: crath (gd) Slovene: tresti (sl)

to move one's head from side to side

Finnish: pudistaa (fi) Norwegian: riste (no) Bokmål: ryste (nb)

transitive: to disturb emotionally

Armenian: սասանել (hy) (sasanel) Danish: ryste (da), chokere (da) Dutch: schokken (nl) Finnish: järkyttää (fi) French: secouer (fr) Hebrew: זעזע (he) (za'azéa) Hungarian: megráz (hu) Japanese: 動揺させる (ja) (dōyō saseru), 狼狽させる (ja) (rōbai saseru)

Latin: commoveō (la) Norwegian: Bokmål: ryste (nb) Portuguese: mexer (pt) Russian: потрясать (ru) (potr'asát') impf., потрясти (ru) (potr'astí) pf. Slovene: pretresti (sl) Spanish: agitar (es) Swedish: skaka (sv)

transitive: to lose, evade

Armenian: սասանել (hy) (sasanel) Danish: ryste af sig (da) Finnish: karistaa (fi) French: secouer (fr) Japanese: (shake off) 振り払う (ja) (furi-harau), 振り落とす (ja) (furi-otosu); (get rid of) 拭う (ja) (nuguu)

Polish: pozbyć się (pl) Russian: стряхивать (ru) (str'áχivat') impf., стряхнуть (ru) (str'aχnút') pf., избавляться (ru) (izbavl'át's'a) impf., избавиться (ru) (izbávit't's'a) pf. Slovene: otresti (sl) se

intransitive: to move from side to side

Arabic: هز (ar) (házza) Czech: třást (cs) Danish: rokke (da) Finnish: vavista (fi), täristä (fi) French: se secouer (fr) Japanese: 揺れる (ja) (yureru)

Kurdish: Sorani: شه‌قاندنه‌وه‌ (ku) (shaqAndinawa) Nahuatl: cuecuexi (nah), cuecuechiuia (nah) Old English: cwacian (ang) Russian: трястись (ru) (tr'astís') impf., шататься (ru) (šatát's'a) impf. Slovene: tresti (sl) se

intransitive: to shake hands

Czech: potřást si rukama (cs) Danish: give hånd på (da) Finnish: kätellä (fi), paiskata kättä French: se serrer la main German: händeschütteln (de) Icelandic: takast í hendur (is)

Japanese: 握手する (ja) (akushu suru) Norwegian: handhilse (no) Bokmål: håndhilse (nb) Polish: podać sobie dłonie (pl) Portuguese: cumprimentar-se (pt) Slovene: stresti (sl)

intransitive: to dance

Icelandic: dansa (is)

Norwegian: shake (no)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: schudden Indonesian: mengguncang, mengocok Italian: scuotere

Korean: 떨다 (ddeolda) Norwegian: riste Portuguese: sacudir Spanish: agitar, sacudir Swedish: skaka Telugu: కుదుపు (kudupu) Tok Pisin: seksekim, sakim, seksek (6), sekan (7)

Noun

shake (plural shakes)

1. The act of shaking something.

   The cat gave the mouse a shake.

2. A milkshake.
3. A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
4. Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
5. (building material) A thin shingle.
6. A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
7. (informal) Instant, second. (Esp. in two shakes.)
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XXI:

     “And do you realize that in a few shakes I've got to show up at dinner and have Mrs Cream being very, very kind to me? It hurts the pride of the Woosters, Jeeves.”

Derived terms

Derived terms

in two shakes, in two shakes of a cow's tail, etc. milk-shake shakemap, shake map

shake table shakeup, shake-up

Translations

act of shaking

Danish: rysten (da) c., rusk (da) n. Finnish: ravistus (fi), ravistelu (fi) French: secousse (fr)

German: Schütteln (de) n. Romanian: scuturare (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: crathadh (gd) m.

milkshake

Danish: milkshake (da) c. Finnish: pirtelö (fi) German: Milchshake (de) m.

Icelandic: hristingur (is) m., sjeik (is) m., mjólkurhristingur (is) m. Japanese: ミルクセーキ (ja) (miruku-sēki) Slovene: šejk (sl) m.

beverage made of ice cream and carbonated drink — see float

small, leafy fragments of cannabis

building material: thin shingle

Finnish: päre (fi)

crack or splint in wood

Finnish: halkeama (fi), särö (fi)

informal: instant, second

Finnish: vilaus (fi)

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