Definition of shake

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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..

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Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough..
Jog :: Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Succussive :: Succussion (n.) The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax..
Inconcussible :: Inconcussible (a.) Not concussible; that cannot be shaken.
Rejolt :: Rejolt (v. t.) To jolt or shake again.
Shakeress :: Shakeress (n.) A female Shaker.
Shaken :: Shaken (p. p.) of Shak.
Jerk :: "Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion..
Shakedown :: Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose..
Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Nerve :: Nerve (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution..
Jostle :: Jostle (v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
Unmoved :: Unmoved (a.) Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic.
Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..
Quaver :: Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..
Overshake :: Overshake (v. t.) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.
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