Definition of shake

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Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

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Wapper :: Wapper (v. t. & i.) To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter..
Quash :: Quash (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise..
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..
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..
Nerve :: Nerve (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution..
Quassation :: Quassation (n.) The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken..
Shakeress :: Shakeress (n.) A female Shaker.
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..
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age..
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.
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..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
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.
Wag :: Wag (v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
Shake :: Shake (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
Flabby :: Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh..
Wappened :: Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
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