shake

Meanings

• building material used as siding or roofing
• frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
• grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
• causing to move repeatedly from side to side
• move or cause to move back and forth
• move with or as if with a tremor
• shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
• move back and forth or sideways
• undermine or cause to waver
  • "my faith has been shaken"
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
• get rid of
  • "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
• bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
  • "He was shaken from his dreams"
  • "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
• shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
  • "shake one's head"
  • "Don't shake your fist at me!"

Synonyms

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