shake
English
/ˈʃeɪk/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (intransitive) To shake hands.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To threaten to overthrow.
- (intransitive) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schaken inherited from Old English sċeacan inherited from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (shake, swing, stir, escape) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg- (stir, shake).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)keg-
Gloss
stir, shake
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shaker English
- Shakeress English
- Shakerism English
- antishake English
- ashake English
- atshake English
- beshake English
- boneshaker English
- earthshaker English
- enshackle English
- foot English
- footshake English
- fork English
- forshake English
- hallanshaker English
- hamshackle English
- hand English
- handshake English
- handshaker English
- head English
- headshake English
- hole English
- map English
- milk English
- milkshake English
- milkshakelike English
- milkshakey English
- minishaker English
- out English
- overshake English
- peppershaker English
- protein English
- protein shake English
- rag English
- reshake English
- shackle English
- shackleless English
- shackler English
- shackly English
- shakable English
- shakeable English
- shakefork English
- shakehole English
- shakemap English
- shakeout English
- shaker English
- shakerag English
- shakerful English
- shakest English
- shaketh English
- shakeup English
- shakeworthy English
- shakily English
- shakiness English
- shaky English
- shakycam English
- thermoshaker English
- thick English
- thickshake English
- toshake English
- unshackle English
- unshakability English
- unshakable English
- unshakably English
- unshake English
- unshakeable English
- unshakeably English
- up English
- wind English
- windshake English
- Milchshake German
- shaker Italian
- milkshake Dutch, Flemish
- schaak Dutch, Flemish
- schaakster Dutch, Flemish
- schaakstuk Dutch, Flemish
- schaken Dutch, Flemish
- schaker Dutch, Flemish
- milkshake French
- заскакать Russian
- наскакать Russian
- отскакать Russian
- поскакать Russian
- скака́ть Russian
- скакалка Russian
- скакун Russian
- скачок Russian
- *(s)kAg'- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)keg- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kek- Proto-Indo-European
- milkshake Norwegian Bokmål
- sjakkel Norwegian Bokmål
- milkshake Portuguese
- *skakaną Proto-Germanic
- *skukkaną Proto-Germanic
- skaka Swedish
- skakis Swedish
- skakning Swedish
- milkshake Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjakkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- skaka Norwegian Nynorsk
- scacan Old English
- sċeacan Old English
- atscheaken Middle English
- forschaken Middle English
- schaken Middle English
- schakkyl Middle English
- schakle Middle English
- toshaken Middle English
- skaka Old Norse
- skaka Icelandic
- schâken Middle Dutch
- skakan Old Saxon
- skaka Old Swedish
- *skakkja Frankish
- jakōļ Marshallese
- sagol Tok Pisin
- schaken Low German
- up
- map
- rag
- out
- wind
- foot
- fork
- head
- milk
- hole
- hand
- shaky
- thick
- Shaker
- shaker
- ashake
- shaketh
- shackle
- unshake
- shackly
- reshake
- atshake
- shakeup
- toshake
- protein
- shakily
- shakest
- beshake
- shakemap
- shakable
- shakycam
- shackler
- shakeout
- forshake
- shakerag
- Shakerism
- shakefork
- antishake
- footshake
- windshake
- handshake
- shakerful
- Shakeress
- headshake
- shakeable
- overshake
- enshackle
- milkshake
- shakiness
- shakehole
- unshackle
- thickshake
- hamshackle
- unshakable
- boneshaker
- minishaker
- handshaker
- milkshakey
- unshakably
- earthshaker
- unshakeable
- shakeworthy
- shackleless
- unshakeably
- hallanshaker
- thermoshaker
- peppershaker
- protein shake
- milkshakelike
- unshakability