shakes
/สeษชks/IPA: /SH EY1 K S/
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The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
โShe replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.โ
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A milkshake.
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A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
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Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
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(building material) A thin shingle.
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A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
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A fissure in rock or earth.
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A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
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Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
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One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
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A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
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A shook of staves and headings.
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The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
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To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
โHe shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.โ
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To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.
โShaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".โ
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To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
โto shake fruit down from a treeโ
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To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
โI can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.โ
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(usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
โOK, let's shake on it.โ
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To dance.
โShe was shaking it on the dance floor.โ
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To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
โto shake a note in musicโ
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To threaten to overthrow.
โThe experience shook my religious belief.โ
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To be agitated; to lose firmness.
Synonyms
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A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.
โWhen 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
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