Dictionary Entry

shake

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk/Used In Literature ↓

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

In a Sentence

“She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

hands shakeoff shake. shake

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Poetry examples for “shake”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

“And here’s a bloody hand to shake,
And oh, man, here’s good-bye;

And the people passing by
Stop to shake their fists and curse;
So 'tis come from ill to worse."

"And here's a bloody hand to shake,
And oh, man, here's good-bye;

And oped those eyes that must eclipse the day:
Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, 15
And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake:

Nor winds, when first your florid orchard blows, 110
Shake the light blossoms from their blasted boughs!'

And what a solemn face, if he denies!
Grave, as when prisoners shake the head and swear
'Twas only suretiship that brought 'em there.

Pray heartily for some new gift,
And shake his head at Doctor S----t.

And oped those eyes that must eclipse the day:
Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake,
And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake:

To hear my father’s clamor at our backs
With Ho! from some bay-window shake the night ;
But all was quiet : from the bastion’d walls 106

We sent mine host to purchase female gear ;
He bought it, and himself, a sight to shake
The midriff of despair with laughter, holp