Definition of shake

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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.

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Proof :: Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
Shudder :: Shudder (v. i.) To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake..
Headshake :: Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial..
Wag :: Wag (v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
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..
Convulse :: Convulse (v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
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..
Shake :: 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.
Jingle :: "Jingle (v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle..
Shog :: Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal..
Churn :: Churn (v. t.) To shake or agitate with violence.
Obstinacy :: Obstinacy (n.) A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy..
Rump-fed :: Rump-fed (a.) A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps fattened in the rump, pampered..
Shaken :: Shaken (p. p.) of Shak.
Quagmire :: Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough..
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..
Sistrum :: Sistrum () An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia..
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