Shake

Definition: Shake

Shake

Noun

1. Building material used as siding or roofing.

2. Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.

3. A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.

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

5. Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement.

6. Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.

Verb

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

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

3. (British) shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering".

4. Move back and forth in an unstable manner; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "the tree shook in the wind".

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

6. Stir the feelings or emotions of; "These stories shook the community".

7. Get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me".

8. 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".

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Shake

Agitation

Noun: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; quassation; shuffling c. Verb: twitter, flicker, flutter.

Agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.

Changeableness

Verb: fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes; sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute); oscillate; vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes; alternate; have as man phases as the moon.

Cold

Verb: be cold. Adjective: shiver, starve, quake, shake, tremble, shudder, didder, quiver; freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold.

Deterioration

Blight, rot; corrode, erode; wear away, wear out; gnaw, gnaw at the root of; sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up; disorganize, dismantle, dismast; destroy.

Dissuasion

Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.

Evolution

Wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge; logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope.

Fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down; AdVerb: pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate; teeter.

Brandish, shake, flourish.

Excitation

Agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger; give one a shock, give one a turn; strike all of a heap; stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify.

Weakness

Verb: be weak; Adjective: drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave.

Render weak; Adjective: weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate; unbrace, unnerve; cripple, unman; (render powerless); cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of; dilute, impoverish; decimate; extenuate; reduce in strength, reduce the strength of; mettre de l'eau dans son vin.

Crosswords: Shake

German (shake).

If you want to shake hands with the devil, that's fine with me. I'll just make sure that you do it in hell (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: Bruce Geller; David Koepp)

You want to shake hands with the devil, that's fine with me. I just want to make sure that you do it in hell (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: David Koepp and Robert Towne. Based on the television series)

God wouldn't have given you maracas if He didn't want you to shake 'em (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein)

I hope to see my friend and shake his hand (Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Forgive me if I don't shake hands (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre.)

Can't shake (Shake Your Love; performing artist: Debbie Gibson)

Shake ya ass, but watch yourself (Shake Ya Ass; performing artist: Mystikal)

Shake it off (Shake It Off; performing artist: Take 5)

Yeah, now make it shake! come on (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

You gotta shake your thing (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men)

Rock and Roll Shake (1973)

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

Rattle and Rock Shake (1956)

Shake Hands (1947)

A Hand Shake (1892)

Shake Your Paw (performing artist: Garfield)

Shake You Down (performing artist: Gregory Abbott)

SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOwN TO THE GROUND)  (performing artist: Jacksons )

Boom! Shake The Room (performing artist: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)

SHAKE YOUR BOOTY (performing artist: K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Steak N Shake Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Stand Up, Shake Hands, Say How Do You Do: What Boys Need to Know About Today's Manners (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• David 'Honeyboy' Edwards: Shake 'em On Down (reference)

• Shake Dance: The Movie (reference)

• Shake, Rattle and Rock! (reference)

• Shake Hands with the Devil (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Shake Harder Boy (reference)

• Shake the Boogie (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Tupperware 2-Cup Quick Shake Container (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(3) color slides show a strawberry milk shake in a tall sundae type glass with a straw and garnished with a strawberry. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Pot reefer spliff weed nickel joint roach dime bone bong hit hooch doobie grass gange shake smoke marijuana : no matter what you call it, don't call it harmless. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

No Matter How You Shake It... : ...Out Comes The Sodium. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

FRAGILE Handle With Care : When you're angry, don't shake your baby...reach for help. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Shake han's wid me, nigger. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shake well before taking. Credit: Library of Congress.

Completion of the Pacific Railroad - meeting of locomotives of the Union and Central Pacific lines: the engineers shake hands. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Oregon, shake hands. Credit: Library of Congress.

Visitors waiting in line to shake hands with the President. Credit: Library of Congress.

May the 70's rot in peace! : in the 80's the empire's gonna shake, rattle, 'n' roll! : New Years Eve, 1980!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

By the second, the inhabitants of any country, who are descended, and derive a title to their estates from those who are subdued, and had a government forced upon them against their free consents, retain a right to the possession of their ancestors, though they consent not freely to the government, whose hard conditions were by force imposed on the possessors of that country: for the first conqueror never having had a title to the land of that country, the people who are the descendants of, or claim under those who were forced to submit to the yoke of a government by constraint, have always a right to shake it off, and free themselves from the usurpation or tyranny which the sword hath brought in upon them, till their rulers put them under such a frame of government as they willingly and of choice consent to. (Second Treatise of Government)

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1939)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

For the first time the hand appeared to shake.

All three stood confounded, and indicated by a shake of the head that they did know him.

Why do you look on us, and shake your head, And call us orphans, wretches, castaways, If that our noble father were alive

Take it out of your hip pocket, knock it against your palm to shake out the dirt and pocket fuzz and bits of tobacco

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Don’t shake the person or shout. (references)

Take off the cap and shake the inhaler. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

Witnesses claimed that he was killed because he refused a police attempt to shake him down for money. (references)

Travel

Kazakhstan

However, men generally do not shake women's hands in company. (references)

Denmark

Danes shake hands both for greetings upon arrival and departure from a meeting. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "shake": be all of a shake ♦ Cup shake ♦ give smb. the shake ♦ in half a shake ♦ lightning shake ♦ milk shake ♦ shake a bottle ♦ shake a carpet ♦ shake a leg ♦ shake a leg! ♦ shake a tree ♦ shake about ♦ shake all over ♦ shake down ♦ shake hand ♦ shake hands ♦ shake hands on smth. ♦ shake hands with ♦ shake hands with people ♦ shake hands with smb. ♦ shake head ♦ shake in one's shoes ♦ shake into life ♦ shake like a leaf ♦ shake of hands ♦ shake of the hand ♦ shake of the head ♦ shake off ♦ shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane ♦ shake off the dust of one's feet ♦ shake off the yoke ♦ shake one's belief ♦ shake one's faith ♦ shake one's finger ♦ shake one's finger at ♦ shake one's fist at smb. ♦ shake one's head ♦ shake one's side with laughing ♦ shake one's side with laughter ♦ shake one's sides with laughter ♦ shake oneself ♦ shake oneself free ♦ shake out ♦ shake out a reef ♦ shake out apples ♦ shake smb. by the hand ♦ shake smb. down ♦ shake smb. up ♦ shake smb.'s faith ♦ shake smb.'s hand ♦ shake the fist ♦ shake the head ♦ shake the pagoda tree ♦ shake up ♦ shake with ♦ shake with ague ♦ shake with cold ♦ shake with laughter ♦ shake with smth. ♦ thunder shake ♦ To shake a cask ♦ To shake hands ♦ To shake out a reef ♦ To shake the bells ♦ To shake the sails ♦ wind shake. Additional references.

Beginning with "shake": shake-bag, shake-down, shake-'em-up, shake-free, Shake-maker, shake-out, shake-outs, shake-rag, shake-up, shake-ups.

Ending with "shake": camera-shake.

Afrikaans

skok (agitate, shock). (various references)

Albanian

shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shkund (agitate, jar, jog, pump, punish, rock, shake off, thresh), lehtësoj (allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, calm, dull, enable, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, palliate, relax, release, relieve, soften, solace, soothe), dridhem (blink, dither, dodder, flicker, flinch, give a start, pulsate, quake, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tremble, twiddle, twitch, vibrate, wabble, waver, wince, wobble, writhe), dridhje (didder, dither, fibrillation, flicker, flickering, flutter, jarring, jerk, palpitation, pulse, quake, quiver, shaking, shiver, shudder, throb, tremble, trembling, tremolo, tremor, twitch, vibrancy, vibration), e çarë (aperture, breach, chap, chink, cranny, crevice, cut, rent, rift, slit, slot), ethe (chill, fever, fire, temperature), fërgëlloj (shiver, shudder, sniff, tremble), frikë (affright, apprehension, cowardice, dismay, doubt, dread, fear, fright, habdabs, jim-jams, phobia, scare), lëkund (dance, jiggle, quake, rock, vibrate), dredh (cast, convulse, curl, friz, frizz, roll, spin, twist, vibrate, wriggle), lëkundje (backlash, dancing, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jarring, jolting, nutation, oscillation, pitch, quake, reel, rolling, shaking, shilly shally, shimmy, stagger, sway, swing, swinging, teeter, thrill, tossing, tremor, vacillation, vibrancy, vibration, wabble, wavering, wobble), tundje (agitation, beating, flourish, jar, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jolting, misdoubt, nutation, oscillation, reel, rumble-tumble, shaking, shimmy, sway, swing, teeter, thrill, tossing, waddle, wag, waggle, wave, wiggle, wiggle-waggle), përkund (cradle, dance, dandle, dangle, rock), tallandis, trondit (appal, appall, concuss, overwhelm, rattle, shake up, shock, stagger, stir, touch), troshis (jolt), tund (appal, appall, beat up, convulse, dandle, dangle, jar, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, shake up, switch, wag, waggle, wield), lëkundem (dangle, falter, halt, hang, hesitate, jolt, jumble, nod, nutate, oscillate, pendulate, reel, rock, shift, stagger, sway, swing, totter, vacillate, vibrate, wabble, wallow, wamble, waver, wobble). (various references)

Arabic 

‏زعزع (rattle, rock, stampede, unsettle), ‏رجة (concussion, jerk, shock), ‏أرتعش (gutter), ‏أثار المشاعر (shake up, work up), ‏إرتجاج (jerk, jolting, shaking, shudder), ‏إرتجف (chill, dither, jar, palpitate, quail, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, shudder, tremble), ‏إرتعش (be shocked, bicker, flutter, jerk, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, tremble, twitch, waver, wobble), ‏إرتعاش (flutter, quaver, quiver, shaking, trembling, tremor, twitch, twitter, wobble), ‏إستخرج (educe, elicit, evolve, excavate, extract, lever, mine, quarry, read out), ‏إنتفض (flounce, quiver, shiver, tremble, twitch), ‏إهتز (balance, jerk, pounce, quake, quiver, rock, shiver, shook, shudder, swing, thrill, throb, toss, tremble, vibrate, wag, waggle), ‏ذهل (amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, distract, flabbergast, flummox, maze, shock, stagger, stun, stupefy, surprise, take a fancy to, taken aback, wonder), ‏صرف (absolute, chuck, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, double, downright, earn, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, resolve, scrape, shrift, sterling, turn away, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏رج (bump, concuss, rattle), ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), قلقل (disturbe, to move), ‏سب (blackguard, blaspheme, revile, slur, swear, tick), ‏ترنح (beat about the bush, falter, feel groggy, grogginess, halt, limp, lurch, quiver, reel, rock, roll, stagger, stumble, teeter, titubation, totter, walk with a wobble, waver, weave, welter), ‏تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, elimination, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, mop up, outgrow, polish up, put off, rid, scrap, sell up, shake off, slough, turn, turn off, weed, weed out, work off), ‏تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield), ‏تساقط (breakdown, collapse, drop out, fall, molt, moult, shake off), ‏تحريك (mobilization, motivation), ‏قشعريرة (ague, chill, gooseflesh, shiver, shudder, tremble), ‏نفض (adjourn, kick up, knock out, split, throw up), ‏هز (agitate, bob, concuss, convulse, jolt, rattle, ring, rock, shock, stir, swing, twitter, vibrate, wag, waggle), ‏هز الشجرة, ‏هزة (concussion, jerk, jolt, jolting, shock, wag), ‏هزة أرضية (earthquake, quake, tremor), ‏مصافحة (clasp, handshake, shake hands on smth.), ‏صافح (clasp, palm, shake hands with smb.). (various references)

Aymara

ampar loqtaña (to shake hands). (various references)

Bulgarian 

пукнатина (break, chap, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, gash, leak, rift, split, spring), друсам (jig, joggle, jolt, jounce, jumble, jump), клатене (oscillation, rock, seesaw, shaking, swing), отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, reject, remove, repel, send off, sweep away, take out, weed out), отслабям (abate, cripple, depauperate, ease, loosen, reduce, relax, remit, weaken, wear down), момент (instant, minute, moment, occasion, sec, second, trice, twinkling, while, whipstitch), миг (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, second, tick, trice, twinkle, twinkling), шок (jar, jolt, knock, shock, turn), люлея (flap, rock, sway, swing), треперя (cower, dither, jitter, judder, niddle-noddle, palpitate, pulsate, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, thrill, tremble, tremor, vibrate, waver), потресвам (appal, appall, chill, stun), поклащане (wabble, waddle, waggle, wobble), поклащам (jiggle, rock, sway, wag, waggle), побиват ме тръпки (shiver, shudder), изтърсвам (shake out, spill, tip, tip out), изпълнявам трели, земетресение (earthquake, quake), разлюляване, удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), ръкуваме се, ръкостискане (grip, handgrip, handshake), разтърсване (bump, concussion, jounce, rouse, shock, turn), разтреперване (thrill), разклащане (joggle, labefaction), клатя (rock, roll, vibrate, wag, waggle), развълнувам (fluster, flutter, groove, move, penetrate, wind up, work on), сътресение (commotion, concussion, convulsion, earthquake, jar, jolt, percussion, shock), разлюлявам (oscillate), раздрусване (jolt, jounce), цепнатина (chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, cracking, fissure, flaw, leak, rent, rift, slash, slit, slot), трус (quake), треса (convulse), трела, разклащам (depolarise, joggle, loosen, rock, shake up, stir up). (various references)

Chinese 

震动 (shaken, shaking, shock, shook), 震動 (shock), 震 (shock, sign in trigram), 蕩 (a pond, dissolute, move, pool, squander, sweep away, wash), 搖動 (sway), 搢 (stick into, strike), 擻 (trembling), 撼 (to incite), 搖 (to rock). (various references)

Czech

třepat. (various references)

Danish

ryste (agitate, quiver, shiver, shock, tremble). (various references)

Dutch

schudden (abet, agitate, incite, shock, stir up), schokken (agitate, jerk, jolt, shock). (various references)

Esperanto

skuiĝi, skui (shock), ekskui (jerk, jolt), ŝanceli. (various references)

Faeroese

skaka (agitate, shock), vika (week), rista (agitate, engrave, shock). (various references)

Farsi 

لرزیدن (Dither, Dodder, Flicker, Quail, Quake, Quiver, Shiver, Shudder, Throb, Tremble, Trill, Vibrate), لرزش (Quake), لرز (Shiver, Thrill, Tremble), تکان دادن (Budge, Convulse, Hitch, Hustle, Impulse, Jar, Jolt, Jounce, Move, Startle, Stir, Twiddle, Wag, Wiggle), تکان (Convulsion, Hustle, Jar, Jerk, Jolt, Jostle, Motion, Move, Movement, Rock, Shock, Stroke, Tremor, Wag), تزلزل (Insecurity), جنباندن (Bestir, Rock, Wag, Waggle, Wigwag), ارتعاش (Quaver, Quiver, Shiver, Shudder, Tremble, Vibration), اشفتن (Agitate, Disquiet, Disturb, Perturb, Trouble, Upset). (various references)

Finnish

pudistaa (agitate, shake off, shock). (various references)

French

secouer (shake down, shake up, shock), secousse (shock), ébranler. (various references)

German

schütteln (agitate, jog, jolt, jolting, riddle, shock, sift, to churn, to shake, toss), rütteln (agitate, buffeting, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jolting, jounce, rattle, riddle, shake about, shock, shudder, sieve, to jiggle, to jog, to jolt, to jounce), erschüttern (agitate, cast doubt upon, convulse, jar, jerk, jolt, move, rock, shatter, shock, sicken, stir, to shake, to shake (shook, to shock, unsettle, upset). (various references)

Greek 

κουνώ (cradle, dangle, rock, shaken, shook, sway, swing), σείω (brandish, jar, jiggle, quake, wag, waggle, wave, wigwag), τίναγμα (bump, concussion, flick, jerk, jerking, jolt, jounce, percussion, shock, toss, twitch). (various references)

Hebrew 

לגעוש (quake, rage, seethe, storm, surge, tremble), רטט (palpitation, quiver, thrill, trembling, vibration), רעד (ague, dither, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, trembling, tremor), טריל (trill), טלטול (carrying, fling, rolling, wandering, yank), זעזוע (agitation, concussion, convulsion, jerk, shock, start, thrill, tribulation, turbulence), לנענע (jig, rock, wag, wriggle), לנער (agitate, stir), לרעוד (dither, quake, shiver, shudder, tremble), נענוע (jiggle, movement, nodding, rocking, swing), לטלטל (fling about, hurl, move, stagger, swing, throw, toss, yank), למוטט (collapse, knock down, overthrow), להסיט (deflect, move, remove, switch, turn aside), להצטמרר (crawl, creep, shiver), להרעיד (convulse, shiver, thrill), להתנענע (sway, swing), להתגעש (quake), לזעזע (agitate, convulse, jar, jolt, shock, stagger, startle, stun), ללחוץ יד, למוט (collapse, decline, fall, quake, totter), לרתות (shudder, tremble). (various references)

Hungarian

rázás (jig, jog, jolt, jumping, shaking, stroke, thrash). (various references)

Indonesian

menggempakan, goyak (rock), goncangan (a jolt, a shake, shock, wadole), goncang (onstable, shaky, swaying), cemuk (shaft). (various references)

Italian

scuotere (jolt, rouse, shake up, shook, stir, toss), scossa (jerk, jolt, quake, shock, toss). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

震撼 , シアン化物 (Caesar, cyanide, schema, scheme, shade, shading, shake hands, shaker, shale oil, shape-up, share, shared, shareware, sharing, shaver, shaving, shaving cream, shaving foam, shaving lotion, sheik dollar), やり方が渋い (Aah!, affluence, Ah!, at ease, calm, Dear me!, exclamation of relief or disappointment, flicker, large thing swaying, mildly, mischievous, naughty, Oh dear!, Oh!, reserve, rock, roll, rolling from side to side, room, slow swaying, slowly, softly, stingy ways, swing, swinging, Thank God!, time, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobbling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しんかん (annexe, fuse, heart, Imperial letter, new book, new patient, new publication, Shinto priest, silence, silent, still), ゆらゆら (flicker, rock, roll, rolling from side to side, slow swaying, swing, swinging, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobbling), シェーク , シェイク . (various references)

Korean 

동요 (fluctuation, shaking, sway, Wabble, Wobble). (various references)

Manx

rucksal (jostle, rumple, tousle), reealley (punishment, riddle, riddling, shake down, sieve, sift, sifting), follyd (meal put on a cake), follick (meal put on a cake), feddal (pant, swish), crie (dabble), craa (bestrew, brandish, dither, dodder, flicker, flutter, jog, jolt, judder, quaver, ring, rustle, shiver, shock, sprinkle, toss, toss of head, tremble, vibrate, warble, wave, wave of hand). (various references)

Maori

ruuruu (to shake hands). (various references)

Maya

liil (to shake), chiikt (to shake up). (various references)

Pig Latin

akeshay.(various references)

Polish

potrząsać (agitate, shock). (various references)

Portuguese

sacudir (abet, bob, concuss, flip, flirt, incite, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, rock, shake off, stir up, swing, toss, wag, waver, whisk, yank), estremecer (dither, jerk, pulsate, quake, quiver, tremble), aperto (abashment, bind, clench, clutch, crush, grasp, grip, gripe, hug, hustle, jam, jamming, narrowness, perplexity, pinch, screw, squeeze, stricture, tightness), abalar (affect, concuss, convulse, depolarise, jar, jolt, move, scamper, shock, stir, toss, unfix, unsettle). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

aperto (bind). (various references)

Romanian

agita (agitate, arouse, brandish, bustle, churn, excite, fidget, flirt, flourish, flurry, flutter, fret, fume, incite, raise, rouse, ruffle, shake up, shock, stir, trouble, vex, wag, waggle, wave, wriggle). (various references)

Russian 

колебать (swing), покачиваться (jiggle, stagger, wiggle), покачнуть, поколебать (shatter), пошатнуть, потрясать (appal, appall, boggle, convulse), вибрация (jar, jarring, judder, oscillation, shimmy, thrill, vibrancy, vibration), дрожать (chatter, dither, dodder, flutter, jar, jitter, palpitate, quake, shiver, shivered, thrill, tingle, tremble), качнуть (rock, swing), сотрясение (commotion, concussion, percussion, shaking, thrill, toss, tremor), толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jab, jog, jolt, lunge, momentum, poke, push, shock, stroke, thrust, toss), трель (mordent, quaver, trill, warble), трясти (jiggle, joggle, jolt, shaken, shakes, shook), трясти шейк, раскачать (swing), рукопожатие (clasp, handshake), кивок (beck, nod). (various references)

Scottish

luaisg (move, rock, swing, toss, wave), crith (quiver : air chrith, tremble, trembling), crath (brandish, wave). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

protresti (jolt), drmati (jig, waggle), klatiti (dangle, jiggle, oscillate, rock, waggle), mućkati (agitate, jumble, mix), otresti (knock down, rid, shake down, shake off, whisk), poljuljati (rock, stagger, sway), potres (concussion, quake, shock, temblor, turn), drhtati (quake, quiver, shiver, tremble), promućkati (jumble), zatresti, rastresti, rukovati se, tresti (jiggle), triler (thriller, trill), truckati (jounce), vrsta mlečnog napitka, potresti (agitate, convulse, jar, shock, upset). (various references)

Spanish

sacudida (jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, lurch, shaking, shock, toss, twitch), batido (beat, beaten, hit, slap, slat, slug, sock, strike, whipped). (various references)

Sranan

seki (agitate, shock). (various references)

Swedish

skakning (chatter, jar, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder, quake, rock, rumble-tumble, shaking, trembling), skaka (chatter, concuss, dodder, jar, jolt, jounce, judder, quake, rattle, rock, shiver, toss, upset, vibrate, wobble), skälva (palpitate, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, shudder, tremble, waver), bäva (quail, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tremble). (various references)

Turkish

sarsıntı (bump, concussion, convulsion, jerk, joggle, jolt, jounce, quake, shock, trauma, tremor), sallama (agitation, flourish, jog, rocking, shaking, swing, swinging, wag, wagging, waving), sallamak (agitate, Bob, brandish, flap, flirt, flourish, jog, joggle, jolt, nod, rock, roll, swing, switch, wag, waggle, wave), sarsılmak (be cut up, be shaken, be shattered, careen, jar, jerk, jolt, judder, quake, rock, shock, sway), sarsma (concussion, erosion, jog, joggle, shaking), sarsmak (affect, afflict, agitate, buffet, buffet about, concuss, convulse, cut up, depolarise, dislocate, erode, give a jerk, hit, horrify, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, reduce, rock, shake up, shock, undermine, unsettle), sesi titretme (quaver), silkmek (dust, give a jerk, jerk, shake off), silkelemek (shake down, shake off, shake out, shake up), sallanmak (be slung from, bear away, dawdle, dilly dally, dodder, flap, flirt, hang about, hang around, hang down, hang on, hover, keep oneself close, loiter, lurch, oscillate, quake, rock, sway, swing, take a swing, teeter, toss, vibrate, waggle, wave, waver, wobble), titretmek, çalkalamak (agitate, churn, rinse, rinse out, rouse, shake up, slosh, swash, swill, swill out, whip up), çalkalanmış şey, çatlak (balmy, barmy, break, chap, chapped, chappy, chink, chip, cleft, cloven, crack, crack-brained, cracked, crackers, cracky, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cuckoo, disordered, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, fractured, hoarse, interstice, interstitial, meshuggah, nut, nutty, off one's chump, off one's rocker, pixilated, potty, queer, queer in the head, rift, rupture, rusty, screwy, shaken, shaky, split, spring, touched), üzmek (affect, afflict, aggrieve, agitate, break up, cast down, chagrin, deject, desolate, disgruntle, distress, fret, grieve, grind, grind down, hatchel, hit, lacerate, lead smb. a dance, mope, pain, pother, put out, sadden, spite, trouble, vex, worry), atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, come through, dish, dodge, escape, get over, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, outwit, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, skip, slip, stall off, take, throw off, tide over, turn, ward off), deprem (earthquake, quake), yakasını kurtarmak (divest oneself of, get away, make a clean sweep of, make the best of a bad bargain), çırpmak (beat, beat up, churn, clap, cream, fold, mill, scramble, shake up, stir up, whip, whip up, whisk), titretme (shaking), yarık (breach, chap, chappy, chasm, chink, cleft, cloven, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, hiatus, incision, interstice, rent, rift, scissure, slit, slot, split, tear, vent), titremek (dither, dodder, falter, flicker, flutter, jerk, judder, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, shimmy, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble), titreme (chill, dither, flicker, judder, pulsation, quake, quaking, quiver, rigor, rigour, shaking, shimmy, shiver, shivering, shudder, the shivers, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, vibration), milk shake. (various references)

Turkmen 

sandyramak (shudder), titrewuk, tibirdemek (shiver), mьсkь, endiremek (quiver, tremble). (various references)

Ukrainian

струс (concussion, jar, shake up, shaking, squat, tremor), хитатися (niddle-noddle, nod, nutate, oscillate, rock, stagger, swing, titter, wabble, wamble, waver, weave, wobble), трясти (agitate, jar, jolt, rattle, rock), тремтіти (dither, flutter, palpitate, quaver, shudder), потрясіння (convulsion, earthquake, shock, tempest), потрясати (convulse), поштовх (concussion, fillip, hit, hitch, impetus, impulse, jog, joggle, kick, poke, propulsion, push, put, shock, thrust, toss), по руках, дрижання (ballism, quake, shaking, shudder, trepidation). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự rung (judder, quiver, shaken), sự lắc (judder, shaken), chốc (shaken, while). (various references)

Welsh

siglo (bob, quake, rock, swing, wag), ysgydwad (shaking), ysgwyd (brandish, flutter, wag), ysgegio (jerk, jolt), cysgogi (move). (various references)

agitabit, agitabitur, agitati, cassa, casso, commota, commotae, commotaque, commoti, commotis, commotum, commotus, commoveantur, commoveat, commoveatur, commovebantur, commovebit, commovebitur, commovebo, commovebor, commovebuntur, commovendum, commoventes, commoventur, commovere, commoveretur, commoveri, commoverit, commoverunt, commovet, commovi, commovisti, commovit, concussa, concussae, concussit, concussum, concutiam, concutiatis, concutiatur, concutiens, concutientis, concutientur, concutio, concutitur, contremisco, contremo, crispanti, horripilationem, horripilavit, inhorresco, lacesso, lacesso, lacesco, mico, mota, motabilem, motio, palpito, tremebant, tremens, trementem, trementes, tremere, tremet, tremetis, tremo, tremor, tremunt, vexabant, vexabantur, vexabat, vexabatur, vexabit, vexantes, vexare, vexari, vexas, vexasti, vexati, vexatorem, vexatos, vexatur, vexatus, vexaverunt. (various references)

acweccan, asceacan, bifian. (various references)

giber. (various references)

loteren. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "shake": shakeable, shakedown, shakedowns, shaken, shakeout, shakeouts, shaker, shakers, shakes, shakeup, shakeups. (additional references)

Words ending with "shake": handshake, milkshake. (additional references)

Words containing "shake": earthshaker, earthshakers, handshakes, milkshakes, saltshaker, saltshakers, unshaken. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Shake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ehmke, Ishoka, Isshiki, Ohakea, phake, sahk, sakee, sakei, scake, Schacke, Schaie, Schak, Schalke, schepke, Schnake, Schupke, Schwake, shace, shacel, Shach, shacl, shae, shak, shaka, shaked, shakel, shakey, shakih, shakle, Shaktee, Shalke, shane, shanke, shapka, Sharka, Sharkie, Shate, shawe, shawk, shaye, shaze, sheek, shek, Sheka, Sheku, Shepkey, shiek, Shifki, Shikai, shike, shiki, Shimko, Shoka, shoke, Shuke, Shukle, Shuko, Shukr, Siaka, Sjak, smace, smake, smakke, Whaka, whake, Xheka. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hakes.

-1 letter: haes, hake, kaes, keas, sake, shea.

-2 letters: ash, ask, hae, has, hes, kae, kas, kea, sae, sea, sha, she, ska.

-3 letters: ae, ah, as, eh, es, ha, he, ka, sh.

+1 letter: haceks, kasher, khedas, samekh, shaken, shaker, shakes.

+2 letters: hackees, hackers, hackies, hackles, hakeems, hankers, hankies, harkens, hawkers, hawkeys, hawkies, kashers, keblahs, keddahs, khazens, khedahs, pakehas, peakish, samekhs, shackle, shakers, shakeup, shakier, shakoes, shanked, sharked, sharker, takahes, weakish.

+3 letters: alkahest, ankushes, backhoes, bakeshop, bechalks, bethanks, bleakish, freakish, hacklers, hackneys, hauberks, hawknose, hearkens, hektares, hoecakes, hotcakes, kashered, kathodes, khamseen, khanates, klatches, newshawk, rashlike, redshank, shackled, shackler, shackles, shackoes, shakable, shakeout, shakeups, shakiest, sharkers, shellack, shiitake, shikaree, shoepack, skinhead, thankers, unshaken, weakfish, whackers.