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shake

84 1.2
A sweet cold drink made from milk and fruit or ice cream
  • noun
  • /ʃeɪk/
  • US
: batido
  • Could I get a large vanilla shake, please?
  • protein shake
  • chocolate shake
  • fries and shakes

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

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Examples

  • 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.

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

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

  • And could I have a chocolate shake?

  • 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?

  • 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

smoothie
vsshake
69 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
milkshake
vsshake
49 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
milk shake
vsshake
20 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
frappe
vsshake
  • US
3 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

Idioms

to shake a leg
  • Archaic
3 6.5

To hurry when someone tells you to

2 4.6

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

A fair chance to take part or succeed

Make yourself stop worrying and start thinking clearly

To make people react to show hidden problems

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

Leave a place after a bad experience and not return

Compounds

20 1.0

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

fair shake
  • Informal
17 6.0

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

15 4.3

A major change in how people run an organization

How Thick

smoothie
69 2.0
shake
  • US
84 1.2
iced coffee
8 1.0

Surface Forms

shake singular
shakes plural

Etymology

Shake: The drink name comes from how it is made — people 'shake' milk, fruit, or ice cream together to make it frothy, so a shake is simply a mixed, shaken drink.