Definition of shake

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Shake (v.) To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

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Plantage :: Plantage (n.) A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted..
Shake :: Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly..
Shake :: Shake (v.) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree..
Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government..
Jolt :: "Jolt (v. t.) To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers..
Jolt :: "Jolt (v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts..
Shakespearean :: Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills..
Wapper :: Wapper (v. t. & i.) To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter..
Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..
Jog :: Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument.
Jar :: "Jar (v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith..
Shake :: Shake (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
Quagmire :: Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..
Rump-fed :: Rump-fed (a.) A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps fattened in the rump, pampered..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Bead Proof :: Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken..
Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
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