The Meaning of shake

• () obs. p. p. of 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.
• (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
• (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
• (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.
• (v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
• (n.) The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
• (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
• (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
• (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
• (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
• (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
• (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Synonyms

shingle , milkshake , milk shake , trill , handshake , handshaking , handclasp , tremble , shiver , wag , waggle , agitate , didder , judder , rock , sway , stimulate , shake up , excite , stir , shake off , throw off , escape from

Homophones

shaik , shaikh

Rhymes

ache , ake , awake , backache , bake , beefsteak , bellyache , betake , blake , brake , break , caique , cake , cheesecake , crake , cupcake , dake , daybreak , drake , earthquake , fake , flake , forsake , fruitcake , haick , haik , hake , handshake , headache , heartache , heartbreak , hotcake , intake , jacque , jake , keepsake , kittiwake , lake , make , mandrake , milkshake , mistake , muckrake , naik , namesake , opaque , outbreak , outtake , overtake , paik , pake , pancake , partake , plake , quake , rake , rattlesnake , remake , retake , sake , schlake , schnake , schwake , shaik , shaikh , shortcake , shrake , slake , snake , snowflake , spake , stake , steak , strake , sweepstake , take , undertake , uptake , wake , yake