Definition of shake

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Shake (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music..

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Frill :: Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown..
Obstinacy :: Obstinacy (n.) A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy..
Unshakable :: Unshakable (a.) Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed.
Shake :: Shake (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..
Churn :: Churn (v. t.) To shake or agitate with violence.
Shake :: Shake (v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
Shakefork :: Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
Proof :: Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
Shake :: Shake (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..
Joggle :: Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Quagmire :: Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet..
Shake :: Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly..
Squiggle :: Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
Shakedown :: Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish..
Convulse :: Convulse (v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
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