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Idioms about shake
Origin of shake
First recorded before before 900; Middle English (verb) s(c)haken, Old English sceacan; cognate with Low German schacken, Old Norse skaka; the noun is derived from the verb
synonym study for shake
1. Shake, quiver, tremble, vibrate refer to an agitated movement that, in living things, is often involuntary. To shake is to agitate more or less quickly, abruptly, and often unevenly so as to disturb the poise, stability, or equilibrium of a person or thing: a pole shaking under his weight. To quiver is to exhibit a slight vibratory motion such as that resulting from disturbed or irregular (surface) tension: The surface of the pool quivered in the breeze. To tremble (used more often of a person) is to be agitated by intermittent, involuntary movements of the muscles, much like shivering and caused by fear, cold, weakness, great emotion, etc.: Even stout hearts tremble with dismay. To vibrate is to exhibit a rapid, rhythmical motion: A violin string vibrates when a bow is drawn across it.
OTHER WORDS FROM shake
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shake
shake , sheik (see synonym study at the current entry)Words nearby shake
Shairp, Shaitan, Shaiva, Shak., Shaka, shake, shake a leg, shake a stick at, shakedown, shake hands, shake in one's boots
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How to use shake in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for shake
shake
/ (ʃeɪk) /
verb shakes, shaking, shook or shaken (ˈʃeɪkən)
noun
Derived forms of shake
shakable or shakeable, adjectiveWord Origin for shake
Old English sceacan; related to Old Norse skaka to shake, Old High German untscachōn to be driven
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