shake

Examples

• All

• I'll take six, no, seven chocolate shakes, an order of fries, a Big Mac, and two apple pies.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Let me buy you a milk shake.

  Anger Management (2003)

• So I went back for a small chocolate shake as I should.

  Hannah Elise

• So one last protein shake and tomorrow is way day.

• And could I have a chocolate shake?

  Nefarious (2023)

• After my workouts, I drink a protein shake, which I guess you could say is my breakfast.

  Blog text (4)

• Salmon and scrambled eggs and a protein shake finish my breakfast.

• Can I get a double pizza burger, chili fries with cheese, and a, uh, large chocolate milk shake?

  Shallow Hal (2001)

• Worker B informs him that he would like a Big Mac, large fries, and a strawberry shake.

  Academic text (2018)

• Can I get a large chocolate shake to go, please?

Synonyms

M

milkshake

vsshake

72 1.0

A cold sweet drink made by mixing milk with ice cream or fruit

only sometimes includes those extras rather than usually including them

S

smoothie

vsshake

39 2.0

A thick cold drink made by blending fruit with milk or yogurt

is dairy-centred and frothier rather than fruit-first and very thick

F

frappe

vsshake

• US

2 6.1

A thick cold drink made with milk and ice, often with ice cream

is a lighter frothy version rather than that thicker icy form

M

milk shake

vsshake

1 1.0

A sweet cold drink you get by mixing milk with ice cream or fruit

is the general name for that kind of blended sweet drink

Idioms

S

to shake a leg

• Archaic

9 6.5

To hurry when someone tells you to

S

to shake like a leaf

• Informal

3 4.6

To tremble a lot because you are afraid, nervous, or cold

F

fair shake of the sauce bottle

• Australian

9.9

A fair chance to take part or succeed

G

to give one's head a shake

• Informal

8.6

Make yourself stop worrying and start thinking clearly

S

to shake the pagoda tree

• Informal

9.9

To make people react to show hidden problems

S

to shake the plum tree

8.7

To make ripe fruit or other things fall from a tree by moving its branches quickly

S

to shake off the dust from one's feet

• Literature

9.8

Leave a place after a bad experience and not return

Compounds

F

fair shake

• Informal

16 6.0

An equal chance to succeed and be treated the same as others

S

shake-up

15 4.3

A major change in how people run an organization

M

milk shake

1 1.0

A sweet cold drink you get by mixing milk with ice cream or fruit

How Thick

smoothie

39 2.0

shake

• US

94 1.2

iced coffee

7 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology