Shake

//ˈʃeɪk//

Synonyms for "shake" (662 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (133)

rock shingle tremble trill wag milkshake abandon abate accost address affright age agitate agitating agitation alarm alcoholic drink all-overs anthem aphonia

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Verb(3 words)

tremble abash agitate

Strong matches (198)

didder dig disaffect disappoint disarrange discard discombobulate discomfit discompose disconcert discontinue discourage disenchant dishearten dislodge dismay disorder display disquiet distress

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disturb ditch dither do-re-mi dodder double drawl driftwood drink drinkable drive drop dull dysarthria dyslalia dyslogia dysphasia dysphonia dysphrasia earthquake elbow electrify elude enervate enfeeble escape evade eviscerate exact exchange greetings excite exhaust exhibit extenuate face fade fail falsetto falter faze ferment fidget firewood flap flash flaunt flicker flip out flit flitter float flop flourish fluctuate flurry fluster flutter fly foot force fox trot fox-trot freak out freak out on freeze freeze to death fret fright frighten frosted frosted shake funk fuss get along get around get away get away from get high on get on get out of get rid of get to give up glass glaze glow go pitapat goad gouge greet grimace grind grow cold grow old gruel gyrate gyration hail half a jiffy half a mo half a second half a shake halt handle handshake hardwood harm harshness have a chill have an ague have goose pimples have the fidgets have the shakes hawking voice heave hiss hoarseness hold up hoof hop horrify horripilate hum hurtle hustle hymn idioglossia idiolalia impact impair impairment of speech instant intonate intone jab jactitate jam jar jarring jerk jiff jiffy jig jigget jiggle jimjams jog joggle jolt jolting jostle jounce judder jump jumps kick kiss kiss hands knock down lath lathing lathwork lay low leave no stone unturned leave off librate lift the hat lilt limp liquid

Verb(5 words)

didder escape from excite jiggle judder

Noun(3 words)

handclasp handshake handshaking

Related words (331)

liquor lisp lisping log look all over look everywhere lose lose heat loss of voice lumber lurch make one tremble malt material microsecond millisecond mince minstrel minute mitigate

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mix up moment muzzy speech nasal tone nasalization nod nod to nudge nutate oscillate outwit overawe overcome paddle palpitate palpitation panelboard paneling panelwork pant paper parade pendulate perish with cold perplex perturb perturbate pile drive pinch pipe pitapat pitch pitter patter pitter-patter plank planking plyboard plywood poke pole pop post potable potation prance press prod prostrate prove psalm psych out pull the forelock pulsate pump punch puncheon push puzzle quail quake quaker quaking quaver quiver quivering rack raise apprehensions rake ram ram down ransack rattle recoil reduce reel resonate revet rictus rifle rile ripple roil roll roughen roulade ruffle rummage rumple run run against salute sap say hello scare scour search high heaven sec second serenade shake all over shake down shake hands shake off shake up shaking sheathe sheathing sheathing board sheeting shimmy shiver shivering shivers shock shoulder shove show off shrivel shudder shuddering shuffle shuffle out of sibilation sideboard siding sing sing in chorus sink skip skirt slab slat slate slip soda soda pop soda water soft drink soften up softwood sol fa sol-fa solmizate speech defect speech impediment splat split second splutter spook sprinkle sputter squeeze squirm stagger startle stave stick stick of wood stimulate stir stir up stirring up stone stop stovewood stress stroke stun succuss swag sway swear off swell swell with emotion swing swirl take aback take the edge off talk incoherently tamp tap-dance teeter temblor test thatch the shakes thirst quencher threaten three-by-four thrill thrill to throb throw off thrust tic tick tile timber timbering timberwork tingle tingle with excitement tonic toss toss and turn totter touch the hat trembling tremolando tremolant tremolo tremor tremors trice trillet trilleto trillo trip troll trouble tumble turn gray turn inside out turn on turn on to turn upside down turn white twang tweedle tweedledee twink twinkle twinkling twist and turn twit twitch twitter two shakes two-by-four unbrace uncover undermine undo undulate unman unnerve unsettle unstrengthen unstring upset vacillate vaunt veneer vibrate vibrato vocalize waggle wall in wall up wallpaper waltz wane warble waste away wave waver wavering weaken weatherboard whip whip up whisk whistle wield wiggle wigwag willies wink wither wizen wobble wobbling wood work up worry wriggle wrinkle writhe yodel

Noun(8 words)

milk shake milkshake shingle shiver tremble trill wag waggle

Verb(14 words)

quake rock shag shake off shake up shiver stimulate stir succuss sway throw off traumatize vibrate wiggle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

39 entries

acknowledgement acknowledgment agitation alter arouse break loose building material change drink elicit enkindle escape evoke fire gesticulate gesture

Showing 16 of 39 words.

More specific

8 entries

judder palpitate quaver quiver rock shiver shudder thrill

Antonyms

8 entries

be still nod rattle stay stay still steady still stir

Synonyms

9 entries

handshake judder milkshake rock shingle stimulate tremble trill wag

Related terms

4 entries

knot spasm sway wriggle

derived

99 entries

Danbury shakes Gen Z shake Wuhan shake antishake ashake atshake beshake bone-shaking brace of shakes camera shake cup shake elbow shake fair shake fair shake of the sauce bottle footshake forshake

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distinct from

2 entries

steady stirred

etymologically related_to

1 entries

shock

has context

5 entries

building material dialect music nautical uk

is a

2 entries

shingle woodwork

manner of

6 entries

change escape gesticulate move move involuntarily weaken

related to

252 entries

action agitate agitation also also malt alternation and bake around baby baby death back back forth bake barrel beverage blender

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similar

3 entries

geek out rock sway

Translations

351 translations across 81 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

skud verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Albanian

2 entries

lëkund verb (transitive: to cause to move)
shkund verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σείω verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Arabic

2 entries

هَزَّ verb (transitive: to cause to move)
هَزَّ verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܢܦܨ verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Armenian

4 entries

թափ տալ verb (transitive: to cause to move)
թափ տալ verb (to move one's head from side to side)
թափահարել verb (transitive: to cause to move)
թափահարել verb (to move one's head from side to side)

Assamese

3 entries

ঘোঁট verb (transitive: to cause to move)
মথ verb (transitive: to cause to move)
লৰা verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bulamaq verb (to move one's head from side to side)
laxlamaq verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
laxlatmaq verb (transitive: to cause to move)
qurtulmaq verb (transitive: to lose, evade)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

شندنیدن verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Bashkir

1 entries

һелкеү verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Belarusian

1 entries

трэ́сці verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Bulgarian

4 entries

клатене noun (act of shaking)
момент noun (informal: instant, second)
шейк noun (milkshake)
клатя verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Burmese

2 entries

ခါ verb (transitive: to cause to move)
လှုပ် verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Catalan

3 entries

sacseig noun (act of shaking)
agitar verb (transitive: to cause to move)
sacsejar verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

شەقاندن verb (transitive: to cause to move)
شەقاندِنەوە verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏖᎸᎲᏍᎦ verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Cheyenne

1 entries

a'xaót verb (intransitive: to shake hands)

Chickasaw

1 entries

yollichi verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

奶昔 noun (milkshake)
雪克 noun (milkshake)
哆嗦 verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
握手 verb (intransitive: to shake hands)

Church Slavic

1 entries

трѧсти verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Czech

4 entries

mžik noun (informal: instant, second)
potřást si rukama verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
třást verb (transitive: to cause to move)
třást verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Danish

4 entries

milkshake noun (milkshake)
rusk noun (act of shaking)
rysten noun (act of shaking)
chokere verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)

Dutch

4 entries

triller noun (music: trill)
afschudden verb (transitive: to lose, evade)
handen schudden verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
schokken verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)

Esperanto

1 entries

skui verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Estonian

1 entries

raputama verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Finnish

4 entries

halkeama noun (crack or splint in wood)
pirtelö noun (milkshake)
puru noun (small, leafy fragments of cannabis)
päre noun (building material: thin shingle)

French

4 entries

agitation noun (act of shaking)
secouement noun (act of shaking)
secousse noun (act of shaking)
trille noun (music: trill)

Galician

4 entries

abalo noun (act of shaking)
abalar verb (transitive: to cause to move)
abanar verb (transitive: to cause to move)
abanear verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Georgian

3 entries

გაქნევა verb (to move one's head from side to side)
ნჯღრევა verb (transitive: to cause to move)
ქნევა verb (transitive: to cause to move)

German

4 entries

Milchshake noun (milkshake)
Schindel noun (building material: thin shingle)
Schütteln noun (act of shaking)
Triller noun (music: trill)

Greek

2 entries

σείω verb (transitive: to cause to move)
τραντάζω verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Hebrew

3 entries

זִעְזֵעַ verb (transitive: to cause to move)
זִעְזֵעַ verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
נִיעֵר verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Hindi

2 entries

हिलना verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
हिलाना verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Hungarian

3 entries

megráz verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
remeg verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
ráz verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Icelandic

4 entries

hristingur noun (milkshake)
mjólkurhristingur noun (milkshake)
sjeik noun (milkshake)
dansa verb (intransitive: to dance)

Ingrian

3 entries

päre noun (building material: thin shingle)
puistaa verb (transitive: to cause to move)
raputtaa verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Irish

1 entries

croith verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Italian

4 entries

attimo noun (informal: instant, second)
frappé noun (milkshake)
frullato noun (milkshake)
milkshake noun (milkshake)

Japanese

4 entries

セーキ noun (milkshake)
ミルクセーキ noun (milkshake)
動揺させる verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
拭う verb (transitive: to lose, evade)

Khmer

4 entries

ចាប់ដៃ verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
ញាក់ verb (intransitive: to dance)
ធ្វើក្បាលងីងើ verb (to move one's head from side to side)
អង្រន់ verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Korean

4 entries

밀크셰이크 noun (milkshake)
셰이크 noun (milkshake)
떨다 verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
악수하다 verb (intransitive: to shake hands)

Ladino

2 entries

menear verb (transitive: to cause to move)
menear verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Latin

2 entries

commoveō verb (transitive: to cause to move)
commoveō verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)

Latvian

2 entries

kratīt verb (transitive: to cause to move)
purināt verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Livonian

2 entries

kratīņtõ verb (transitive: to cause to move)
repțõ verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Low German

1 entries

schüdden verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

tśěsć verb (transitive: to cause to move)
tśěsć se verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

rëselen verb (transitive: to cause to move)
stuckelen verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Macedonian

1 entries

тресе verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Malayalam

2 entries

കുലുക്കുക verb (transitive: to cause to move)
കുലുങ്ങുക verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Middle English

3 entries

schaken verb (transitive: to cause to move)
schaken verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
schaken verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Māori

4 entries

harirū verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
haurui verb (transitive: to cause to move)
hauruturutu verb (transitive: to cause to move)
kereū verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Nahuatl

2 entries

cuecuechiuia verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
cuecuexi verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Norwegian

4 entries

handhilse verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
riste verb (transitive: to cause to move)
riste verb (to move one's head from side to side)
shake verb (intransitive: to dance)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

håndhilse verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
ryste verb (to move one's head from side to side)
ryste verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)

Occitan

2 entries

agitar verb (transitive: to cause to move)
secodre verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

трясти verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Old English

3 entries

cwacian verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
cweċċan verb (transitive: to cause to move)
āhrēran verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Oromo

1 entries

kerkeruu verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Persian

1 entries

تکاندن verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Polish

4 entries

gont noun (building material: thin shingle)
shake noun (milkshake)
szyndzioł noun (building material: thin shingle)
podać sobie dłonie verb (intransitive: to shake hands)

Portuguese

4 entries

batido noun (milkshake)
instante noun (informal: instant, second)
instantinho noun (informal: instant, second)
abalar verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)

Romanian

4 entries

scuturare noun (act of shaking)
agita verb (transitive: to cause to move)
agita verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
da mâna verb (intransitive: to shake hands)

Russian

4 entries

кокте́йль noun (milkshake)
отлуп noun (crack or splint in wood)
шейк noun (milkshake)
изба́виться verb (transitive: to lose, evade)

Sanskrit

1 entries

इङ्गति verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

crathadh noun (act of shaking)
crath verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

trésti verb (transitive: to cause to move)
тре́сти verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Slovak

1 entries

triasť verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Slovene

4 entries

šejk noun (milkshake)
otresti se verb (transitive: to lose, evade)
pretresti verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
stresti verb (intransitive: to shake hands)

Spanish

4 entries

batido noun (milkshake)
sacudida noun (act of shaking)
afectar verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)
agitar verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

seki verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Swahili

1 entries

kutikisa verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Swedish

4 entries

milkshake noun (milkshake)
skakning noun (act of shaking)
shejka verb (intransitive: to dance)
skaka verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Tamil

1 entries

ஆட்டு verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Thai

2 entries

สั่น verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)
เขย่า verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Tocharian B

1 entries

wip verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

guria verb (intransitive: to move from side to side)

Tongan

1 entries

lulu verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Ukrainian

4 entries

трясі́ння noun (act of shaking)
поти́скувати verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
поти́снути verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
потряса́ти verb (transitive: to disturb emotionally)

Vietnamese

4 entries

sinh tố noun (milkshake)
bắt tay verb (intransitive: to shake hands)
lay verb (transitive: to cause to move)
lắc verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Walloon

2 entries

schoyaedje noun (act of shaking)
scheure verb (transitive: to cause to move)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

Source: tatoeba (18761)

We felt the house shake.

Source: tatoeba (23088)

Feeling the house shake, I ran out into the street.

Source: tatoeba (24272)

Feeling the house shake, I ran outside.

Source: tatoeba (24273)

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