secouer

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to shake
  2. (transitive) to shake off (oppression etc.)
  3. (transitive) to shake (emotionally, figuratively)
  4. (transitive) to shake up
  5. (literary, reflexive) to shake (oneself)
  6. (colloquial, reflexive) to make an effort

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sə.kwe/
Etymology

From Old French secorre or secourre, from Latin succutiō.

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