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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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.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Hustle :: Hustle (v. t.) To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room..
Proof :: Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
Flabby :: Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh..
Quiver :: Quiver (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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 (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
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..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear..
Wag :: Wag (v. t.) To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head..
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.
Dodder :: Dodder (v. t. & i.) To shake, tremble, or totter..
Jar :: "Jar (n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds..
Shakerism :: Shakerism (n.) Doctrines of the Shakers.
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..
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Squiggle :: Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly..
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