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shake - noun

  • building material used as siding or roofing
  • frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
  • a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
  • grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
  • a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
  • causing to move repeatedly from side to side

    • shake - verb

    • move or cause to move back and forth
    • move with or as if with a tremor
    • shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
    • move back and forth or sideways
    • undermine or cause to waver
    • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
    • get rid of
    • bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
    • shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state

    shake - thesaurus

    agitate   didder   excite   handclasp   handshake   handshaking   judder   milkshake   rock   shingle   shiver   stimulate   stir   sway   tremble   trill   wag   waggle  


    View spelling list a-e words - set 1 and learn about the word shake in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

    Scrabble score for shake

    s is 1 h is 4 a is 1 k is 5 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 12

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