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What does shake mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
  2. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.
  3. (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
  4. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
  5. (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
  6. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
  7. (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
  8. (intransitive) To dance.
  9. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
Noun
  1. The act of shaking something.
  2. A milkshake.
  3. A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
  4. Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
  5. (building material) A thin shingle.
  6. A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
  7. A fissure in rock or earth.
  8. A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
  9. (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
  10. (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
  11. (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
  12. A shook of staves and headings.
  13. (Britain, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
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