shake

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

secouer

trembler

agiter

ébranler

remuer

secousse

osciller

être secoué

frissonner

vibrer

balancer

battre

grelotter

chatouiller

déstabiliser

balloter

bouger

milk-shake

frémir

exciter

vaciller

foi

bardeau

branler

se secouer

se contracter

hocher

bouleverser

ébrouement

épousseter

frétiller

jouer d’un instrument

se serrer la main

trémousser

être influencé

être touché

donner des frissons

convulsionner

saccader

secouer légèrement

bercer

bousculer

changer

ébrouer

fluctuer

frapper

heurter

mouvoir

nectar

poignée

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sacudir

schütteln

scuotere

temblar

agitar

schudden

zittern

erschüttern

tremare

agitare

sacudir

rütteln

schwingen

tremer

schokken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃeɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: schaken

Hérité de ancien anglais: sċeacan

Appartenant à écossais: schake

Appartenant à frison occidental: schaekje

Appartenant à néerlandais: schaken

Appartenant à bas-allemand: schaken

Appartenant à vieux norrois: skaka

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: skaka

Appartenant à suédois: skaka

Appartenant à danois: skage

Appartenant à néerlandais: schokken

Appartenant à russe: 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.

Phrases

I haven't been able to shake him since .

Je n'ai pas pu le secouer depuis.