shake

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (ergative, transitive) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
2. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
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. (idiomatic, transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
6. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
7. (intransitive, usually) To shake hands.
8. (intransitive) To dance.
9. (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
10. (figuratively, transitive) To threaten to overthrow.
11. (figuratively, intransitive) To be agitated; to lose firmness.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
2. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
3. (countable, uncountable) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
4. (countable, uncountable) A milkshake.
5. (countable, uncountable) A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
6. (countable, uncountable) Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
7. (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
8. (countable, uncountable) A thin shingle.
9. (countable, uncountable) A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
10. (countable, uncountable) A fissure in rock or earth.
11. (countable, uncountable) A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
12. (countable, informal, uncountable) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
13. (countable, uncountable) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
14. (countable, uncountable) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
15. (countable, uncountable) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
16. (countable, uncountable) A shook of staves and headings.
17. (UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
18. (countable, uncountable) A shock or disturbance.
19. (countable, historical, uncountable) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.

Conceptes

sacsejar

tremolar

bellugar

agitar

remenar

commoure

batut

estremiment

encaixada

🤝

trinat

minar

sacsar

sotraguejar

marejar

sotragueig

sacseig

inclinar-se

gronxar-se

gronxolar

decantar-se

gronxolar-se

trémer

refilet

gronxar

tremolor

oscil·lar

sacsejada

Sinònims

tremble

shiver

rock

🪨

sway

quiver

move

swing

quake

wave

👋

vibrate

jolt

shudder

stir

agitate

wobble

wag

shock

⚡

stagger

rattle

jar

🫙

oscillate

shake up

wiggle

brandish

toss

waggle

joggle

shaking

🫨

tremor

trill

waver

totter

jiggle

bump

flutter

nod

jerk

beat

quaver

excite

disturb

convulse

vibration

cause to tremble

roll

shake off

handshake

🤝

sift

upset

jounce

Traduccions

secouer

sacudir

schütteln

trembler

scuotere

temblar

schudden

agitar

agiter

erschüttern

zittern

tremare

ébranler

rütteln

sacudir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʃeɪk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: schaken

Heretat de anglès antic: sċeacan

Cognat amb escocès: schake

Cognat amb frisó occidental: schaekje

Cognat amb neerlandès: schaken

Cognat amb baix alemany: schaken

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: skaka

Cognat amb noruec nynorsk: skaka

Cognat amb suec: skaka

Cognat amb danès: skage

Cognat amb neerlandès: schokken

Cognat amb rus: скака́ть

In summary

From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek- (“to jump, move”).
Cognate with Scots schake, schack (“to shake”), West Frisian schaekje (“to shake”), Dutch schaken (“to elope, make clean, shake”), Low German schaken (“to move, shift, push, shake”) and schacken (“to shake, shock”), Old Norse skaka (“to shake”), Norwegian Nynorsk skaka (“to shake”), Swedish skaka (“to shake”), Danish skage (“to shake”), Dutch schokken (“to shake, shock”), Russian скака́ть (skakátʹ, “to jump”). More at shock.

Frases

I haven't been able to shake him since .