A Quick and Simple Dictionary

shake

1. Verb.  (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
5. Verb.  (intransitive) To move from side to side.
6. Verb.  (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
7. Verb.  (intransitive) To dance.
8. Noun.  The act of shaking something.
9. Noun.  A milkshake.
10. Noun.  A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
11. Noun.  Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
12. Noun.  (context, building material) A thin shingle.
13. Noun.  A crack or splint in wood.
14. Noun.  (informal) Instant, second. (Esp. (term, in two shakes) .).