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(ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance{{,}} or disapproval.

To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

(disturb emotionally) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

(idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

To move from side to side.

(usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

To dance.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

(figurative) To threaten to overthrow.

(figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

(in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.

(usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.

A milkshake.

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

An adulterant added to cocaine powder.Tom Dalzell (ed.), ''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English,'' New York: Routledge, 2009, p.{{nbsp}}858.

(building material) A thin shingle.

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

A fissure in rock or earth.

A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

(informal) Instant, second. (Especially (in two shakes).)

(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

(music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.

A shook of staves and headings.

(dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

A shock or disturbance.

(nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.