move or cause to move quickly back and forth; " The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; " My hands were shaking"

move with or as if with a tremor; " his hands shook"; " My legs trembled when I went onstage"

get rid of; " I couldn't shake the car that was following me"

stir the feelings or emotions of; " These stories shook the community"

grasping and shaking a person's hand ( as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

causing to move repeatedly from side to side

reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

building material used as siding or roofing

bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; " He was shaken from his dreams"; " shake the salt out of the salt shaker"

undermine or cause to waver; " my faith has been shaken"; " The bad news shook her hopes"

shake ( a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; " shake one's head"; " She shook her finger at the naughty students"; " The old enemies shook hands"; " Don't shake your fist at me!"

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; " These stories shook the community"; " the civil war shook the country"

move back and forth or sideways; " the ship was rocking"; " the tall building swayed"; " She rocked back and forth on her feet"

move or cause to move back and forth; " The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; " My hands were shaking"

shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; " The old engine was juddering"

obs. p. p. of Shake.

To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

A fissure in rock or earth.

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

One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

A shook of staves and headings.

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.

The redshank; - so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

To cause to shiver; move with a quick, short motion; to move from a firm position; as, to shake one's faith; in music, give a quivering note to.

To tremble or quake.

Shook.

Shaken.

Shaking.

1. To tremble, to shiver. 2. To agitate, to move ( a thing) to and fro or up and down.

To move with quick, short motions: to agitate: to make to tremble: to threaten to overthrow: to cause to waver: to make afraid: to give a tremulous note to.

To be agitated: to tremble: to shiver: to lose firmness:- pa. t. shook, ( B.) shaked; pa. p. shaken.

A rapid tremulous motion: a trembling or shivering: a concussion: a rent in timber, rock, etc.: ( music) a rapid repetition of two notes.

A vibratory motion.

To agitate; cause to tremble or waver; make afraid; trill.

To be agitated; tremble; waver.

To move rapidly to and fro or up and down; agitate; jolt; wave; tremble; trill.

To weaken; impair; shatter.

A shaking; agitation; vibration; jolt.

Concussion; rapid motion one way and another; agitation; a motion of hands clasped; a trill.

To agitate; to make to totter or tremble; to cause to shiver; to drive off or away; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver or doubt; to trill. To shake hands, to agree or contract with; to join hands at meeting or parting. To shake off, to drive off.

To be agitated; to tremble; to shiver; to totter.

A rapid motion one way and another; agitation; a trembling or shivering; motion of the hands when clasped in salutation; in music, the rapid up and down movement of the voice when dwelling on any particular note, but always within the compass of a tone; a fissure or rent in timber.

To cause to move with short rapid vibrations; to give a wavering or trembling motion to; to throw or drive, followed by down, from, or off; to threaten to overthrow; to cause to waver or doubt; to lose firmness; to tremble; to totter; to shiver.

Both girls were beside her in an instant, and Julie gave her a little shake – Those Dale Girls by Frank Weston Carruth

Giving his shoulders a little shake he turned to Blanche. – Secret Bread by F. Tennyson Jesse

" I don't blame you," said Mr. Cox, kindly; " shake hands." – Light Freights, Complete by W. W. Jacobs

I put my left hand in, I put my left hand out, I give my left hand shake shake shake And turn myself about. – My Book of Indoor Games by Clarence Squareman

I couldn't shake him off. – The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House by Ross Kay

They cannot double or shake to the mood of its nonsense- nor do they find it grow " curiouser and curiouser" with each reading. – Literature for Children by Orton Lowe

We don't shake hands up here. – Julian Home by Dean Frederic W. Farrar

He would like to shake hands with you before he goes. – Christian's Mistake by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

What, you shake your head still? – Lucretia, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

All this while the Nodding Donkey had said nothing, of course, and he had done nothing, except to shake his head. – The Story of a Nodding Donkey by Laura Lee Hope

" Then shake hands," he cried, with a frank appeal Mr. Byrd found it hard to resist. – Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green

He did not even shake hands with me, nor did he say farewell. – Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal by Sarah J Richardson

I asked, trying to keep the shake out of my voice. – Mary Marie by Eleanor H. Porter

Do not shake your head! – An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

No, said I with a shake of my head, but it is not always so bad. – A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green

Don't shake hands with me. – Uncanny Tales by Mary Louisa Molesworth

" Shake hands," he said. – The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn

Then he would try to shake it out at the bottom. – Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Various

An hour later word came to Hester- it was Shake who brought it- that Mr. Benny would be glad to see her in the office. – Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

While it might mean nothing at all, she could not shake off a feeling that if once she were able to get inside the room she might learn the answer to some of her questions. – Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. Wirt