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shake
idiom
1. Give (someone) the shake Slang To escape from or get rid of: We managed to give our pursuers the shake.
2. No great shakes Slang Unexceptional; ordinary: "stepping in between the victim and the bully, even when the victim happens to be no great shakes” ( Louis Auchincloss).
3. Shake a leg Informal To dance.
4. Shake a leg Informal To move quickly; hurry up.
5. Shake a stick at Slang To point out, designate, or name: "All of a sudden there came into being a vast conservative infrastructure: think-tanks . . . and more foundations than you could shake a stick at” ( National Review).
noun
1. A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.
2. A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.
3. A fissure in rock.
4. A rough shingle used to cover rustic buildings, such as barns: cedar shakes.
5. A trembling or quivering movement.
phrasal-verb
1. Shake down Slang To extort money from.
2. Shake down To become acclimated or accustomed, as to a new environment or a new job.
3. Shake down To subject (a new ship or aircraft) to shakedown testing.
4. Shake off To free oneself of; get rid of: We shook off our fears.
5. Shake up To subject to a drastic rearrangement or reorganization: new management bent on shaking up the company.
verb
1. To move irregularly to and fro.
2. To vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock.
3. To tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance .
4. To experience a state of instability .
5. To briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix.
verb-intransitive
1. Music To trill.
2. To be unsteady; totter or waver.
3. To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.
4. To move to and fro in short, irregular, often jerky movements.
5. To tremble, as from cold or in anger.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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shake | 12 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ah | 5 |
sh | 5 |
ka | 6 |
ae | 2 |
he | 5 |
ha | 5 |
es | 2 |
eh | 5 |
as | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ask | 7 |
ska | 7 |
she | 6 |
sha | 6 |
sea | 3 |
sae | 3 |
kea | 7 |
kas | 7 |
kae | 7 |
ahs | 6 |
hes | 6 |
has | 6 |
hae | 6 |
ash | 6 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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hake | 11 |
kaes | 8 |
keas | 8 |
haes | 7 |
sake | 8 |
shea | 7 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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shake | 12 |
hakes | 12 |