Definition of shake

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Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly..

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Joggle :: "Joggle (v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog..
Rejolt :: Rejolt (v. t.) To jolt or shake again.
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.
Headshake :: Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial..
Shaker :: Shaker (n.) A variety of pigeon.
Proof :: Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
Unshaked :: Unshaked (a.) Unshaken.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
Quash :: Quash (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise..
Quaver :: Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music..
Shaker :: Shaker (n.) One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Shake :: Shake (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
Concuss :: Concuss (v. t.) To shake or agitate.
Trilogy :: Trilogy (n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's Henry VI. is an example..
Die :: Die (n.) A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice..
Shaker :: Shaker (n.) A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To shake; to put away; to finish.
Shaky :: Shaky (superl.) Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit..
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