Meaning

• The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

  "She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head."

• A milkshake.

• A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

• Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

• (building material) A thin shingle.

• A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

• A fissure in rock or earth.

• A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

• Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

• One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

• A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

• A shook of staves and headings.

• The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Meaning

• To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

  "He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere."

• To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.

  "Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no"."

• To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

  "to shake fruit down from a tree"

• To disturb emotionally; to shock.

  "He was shaken by what had happened."

• To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

  "I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something."

• To move from side to side.

  "She shook with grief."

• (usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

  "OK, let's shake on it."

• To dance.

  "She was shaking it on the dance floor."

• To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

  "to shake a note in music"

• To threaten to overthrow.

  "The experience shook my religious belief."

• To be agitated; to lose firmness.