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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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..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles..
Shook :: Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
Jounce :: Jounce (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
Churn :: Churn (v. t.) To shake or agitate with violence.
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
Wag :: Wag (v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
Shakespearean :: Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works..
Convulse :: Convulse (v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain..
Quagmire :: Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet..
Quake :: Quake (v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear..
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..
Convulse :: Convulse (v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
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.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Jerk :: "Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion..
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