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 move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
4. [verb] (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
5. [verb] (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
6. [verb] (intransitive) To move from side to side.
7. [verb] (intransitive) (usually as 'shake on') To shake hands.
8. [verb] (intransitive) To dance.
9. [verb] To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
10. [noun] The act of shaking something.
11. [noun] A milkshake.
12. [noun] A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
13. [noun] Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
14. [noun] (building material) A thin shingle.
15. [noun] A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
16. [noun] A fissure in rock or earth.
17. [noun] (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
18. [noun] (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
19. [noun] (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
20. [noun] A shook of staves and headings.
21. [noun] (UK) (dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
22. [noun] Building material used as siding or roofing.
23. [noun] Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.
24. [noun] A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.
25. [noun] Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).
26. [noun] A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.
27. [noun] Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.
28. [verb] Move or cause to move back and forth; 'The chemist shook the flask vigorously'; 'My hands were shaking'.
29. [verb] Move with or as if with a tremor; 'his hands shook'.
30. [verb] Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; 'The old engine was juddering'.
31. [verb] Move back and forth or sideways; 'the ship was rocking'; 'the tall building swayed'; 'She rocked back and forth on her feet'.
32. [verb] Undermine or cause to waver; 'my faith has been shaken'; 'The bad news shook her hopes'.
33. [verb] Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; 'These stories shook the community'; 'the civil war shook the country'.
34. [verb] Get rid of; 'I couldn't shake the car that was following me'.
35. [verb] Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; 'He was shaken from his dreams'; 'shake the salt out of the salt shaker'.
36. [verb] Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; 'shake one's head'; 'She shook her finger at the naughty students'; 'The old enemies shook hands'; 'Don't shake your fist at me!'.
