shakes

/สƒeษชks/

IPA: /SH EY1 K S/

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œShe replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.โ€

  2. 2

    A milkshake.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    (building material) A thin shingle.

  6. 6

    A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

  7. 7

    A fissure in rock or earth.

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

    Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

  10. 10

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

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

    A shook of staves and headings.

  13. 13

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

verb
  1. 1

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

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

  2. 2

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

    โ€œShaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".โ€

  3. 3

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

    โ€œto shake fruit down from a treeโ€

  4. 4

    To disturb emotionally; to shock.

    โ€œHe was shaken by what had happened.โ€

  5. 5

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

    โ€œI can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.โ€

  6. 6

    To move from side to side.

    โ€œShe shook with grief.โ€

  7. 7

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

    โ€œOK, let's shake on it.โ€

  8. 8

    To dance.

    โ€œShe was shaking it on the dance floor.โ€

  9. 9

    To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

    โ€œto shake a note in musicโ€

  10. 10

    To threaten to overthrow.

    โ€œThe experience shook my religious belief.โ€

  11. 11

    To be agitated; to lose firmness.

noun
  1. 1

    A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.

    โ€œWhen researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. http//apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddictionโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shake, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shakes