verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To shake with vigor. transitive
2. 2
   shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) wordnet
3. 3
   To shake with vigor.; To shake a patient to detect fluids or air in the body. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

shake upagitateagitateshakeshakeshake up

Etymology

From Latin succutere (“to shake up”), from sub- + quatere (“to shake”).

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