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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

   “She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A milkshake.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

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

4. Meaning 4 · noun

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

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   (building material) A thin shingle.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   A fissure in rock or earth.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

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

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    A shook of staves and headings.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

14. Meaning 14 · verb

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

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

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.

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

16. Meaning 16 · verb

    To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

    “to shake fruit down from a tree”

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To disturb emotionally; to shock.

    “He was shaken by what had happened.”

18. Meaning 18 · verb

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

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

19. Meaning 19 · verb

    To move from side to side.

    “She shook with grief.”

20. Meaning 20 · verb

    (usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

    “OK, let's shake on it.”

21. Meaning 21 · verb

    To dance.

    “She was shaking it on the dance floor.”

22. Meaning 22 · verb

    To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

    “to shake a note in music”

23. Meaning 23 · verb

    To threaten to overthrow.

    “The experience shook my religious belief.”

24. Meaning 24 · verb

    To be agitated; to lose firmness.

How this word is used

• Everyday “She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.”
• Everyday “He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.”
• General “Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".”
• General “to shake fruit down from a tree”
• General “He was shaken by what had happened.”
• General “I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.”
• General “She shook with grief.”
• General “OK, let's shake on it.”
• General “She was shaking it on the dance floor.”
• General “to shake a note in music”
• General “The experience shook my religious belief.”

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