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Meanings of shake in English

Portuguese
handshake
Catalan
encaixada

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

        handshake
        Portuguese
        milkshake
        Catalan
        batut

        Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.

              milkshake
              Portuguese
              trema
              Catalan
              estremiment
              Spanish
              temblor

              A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.

                    trema
                    Portuguese
                    agitação
                    Catalan
                    sotragueig

                    Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.

                          agitação
                          Usage of shake in English
                          1
                          A spokeswoman said Johnson family members wouldn't comment on the latest shake-up.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Variety reports a couple of reasons for the shake-up: budget and storytelling.
                          Wired
                          3
                          Hasty steps shake the staircase; the door opens precipitately; it is Andre.
                          The Nabob
                          4
                          However, experts say the shake-up is some time away from yielding fruit.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          Barclays certainly needs some new people to shake up its brash culture.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          He reckons the shake-up could increase Sony's market value by 60 percent.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          He returns; enters your room; you shake his hand heartily in welcome.
                          How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's / And Other...
                          8
                          New Zealand's 78 local authorities are about to have a major shake-up.
                          Radio NZ
                          9
                          The railway-station is in the garden, and the expresses shake the house.
                          The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2
                          10
                          That launched Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's radical shake-up of the economy.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          However, the company has not been able to shake off the allegations.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          He suffered from severe sea sickness that he could not shake off.
                          Silence of the grave
                          13
                          She could not quite shake the feeling that he wouldn't come home.
                          Year's best sf 15
                          14
                          It proposes a major administrative shake-up with greater emphasis on emerging nations.
                          The Irish Times
                          15
                          Vitamin shake Increasing the amount of food we produce is one thing.
                          BBC
                          16
                          Governance experts said the Vornado share sale would shake confidence even further.
                          Reuters