shake

  • 101Shake — To leave a place (as in bounce, or roll). Let s shake and go to Taco Bell, I m starving …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 102shake — See: more than one could shake a stick at …

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  • 103shake-up — noun A change; a reorganization. After the scandal there was a major shake up in the Cabinet …

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  • 104shake up — change the command or leadership of something The president decided to shake up top management in order to bring new energy into the organization …

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  • 105shake on — informal confirm (an agreement) by shaking hands. → shake …

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  • 106shake-up — (also shake out) noun informal a radical reorganization …

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  • 107shake-up — /ˈʃeɪk ʌp / (say shayk up) noun a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.: *A shake up of the national broadcaster s top management as part of an overhaul designed to streamline the station s… …

  • 108shake —   Naue, nauwe, nāueue, lūlū, hō oni, ho oluliluli, luli, luliluli (as the head); ho oluli (as a drink); lūlū, nāueue, ōla i, ōpa ipa i (as the earth);    ♦ snake jerkily, kūkū;    ♦ snake as with palsy, kuolo;    ♦ snake as with cold or fear,… …

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  • 109shake-up —  Reorganisation. (E.g. Cabinet shake up. A change of personnel.) …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 110shake — [OE] Shake is a general Germanic verb, although today its only surviving relatives are Swedish skaka and Norwegian skage. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *skakan, which goes back to the Indo European base *skeg , *skek (source also of… …

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