SHAKES
/ʃeɪks/
13
Scrabble
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WWF
S(1) H(4) A(1) K(5) E(1) S(1)
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Definition
/ʃeɪks/
noun
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.“She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.”
- A milkshake.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
verb
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.“He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.”
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.“Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".”
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.“to shake fruit down from a tree”
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.“He was shaken by what had happened.”
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).“I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.”
noun
- A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.“When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. http//apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction”
Source: Wiktionary
