shake

to become dislodged and fall (usually followed by off or down): Sand shakes off easily.

to move something, or its support or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing: Shake before using.

to totter; become unsteady.

to clasp another's hand in greeting, agreement, congratulations, etc.: Let's shake and be friends again.

Music. to execute a trill.

to grasp (someone or something) firmly in an attempt to move or rouse by, or as by, vigorous movement to and fro: We shook the tree.

to dislodge or dispense (something) by short, quick, forcible movements of its support or container: We shook nuts from the tree.

to cause to sway, rock, totter, etc.: to shake the very foundations of society.

to agitate or disturb profoundly in feeling: The experience shook him badly.

to cause to doubt or waver; weaken: to shake one's self-esteem.

Music. to trill (a note).

to mix (dice) by rolling in the palm of the hand before they are cast.

to get rid of; elude: They tried to shake their pursuers.

a tremor.

(the) shakes. Informal.(used with a singular verb) a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc.: I was up all night with a fever and the shakes.

a disturbing blow; shock.

Informal. milkshake.

the act or a manner of clasping another's hand in greeting, agreement, etc.: He has a strong shake.

Informal. chance or treatment; deal: a fair shake;a bum shake.: See also fair shake.

a cast of the dice: He threw an eight on his last shake.

something resulting from shaking.

an earthquake.

a fissure in the earth.

an internal crack or fissure in timber.

Music. trill¹ (def. 9).

an instant: I'll be with you in a shake.

Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.

Horology. (in an escapement) the distance between the nearer corner of one pallet and the nearest tooth of the escape wheel when the other pallet arrests an escape tooth.

Chiefly South Midland U.S. shaker (def. 2).

a dance deriving from the twist.

Slang. the dried leaves of the marijuana plant.

to clasp or grasp (the hand) of (a person) in greeting, agreement, etc: he shook John by the hand; he shook John's hand; they shook and were friends

shake hands to clasp hands in greeting, agreement, etc

shake on it informal to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc

to bring or come to a specified condition by or as if by shaking: he shook free and ran

(tr) to wave or brandish: he shook his sword

(tr often foll by up) to rouse, stir, or agitate

(tr) to shock, disturb, or upset: he was shaken by the news of her death

(tr) to undermine or weaken: the crisis shook his faith

to mix (dice) by rattling in a cup or the hand before throwing

(tr) Australian archaic, slang to steal

(tr) US and Canadian informal to escape from: can you shake that detective?

music to perform a trill on (a note)

(tr) US informal to fare or progress; happen as specified: how's it shaking?

shake a leg informal to hurry: usually used in the imperative

shake in one's shoes to tremble with fear or apprehension

shake one's head to indicate disagreement or disapproval by moving the head from side to side

shake the dust from one's feet to depart gladly or with the intention not to return

the shakes informal a state of uncontrollable trembling or a condition that causes it, such as a fever

informal a very short period of time; jiffy: in half a shake

a shingle or clapboard made from a short log by splitting it radially

a fissure or crack in timber or rock

an instance of shaking dice before casting

music another word for trill 1 (def. 1)

a dance, popular in the 1960s, in which the body is shaken convulsively in time to the beat

an informal name for earthquake

short for milk shake

no great shakes informal of no great merit or value; ordinary