shake

Examples

• All

• I deserve the right to a fair shake.

  Champion (1949)

• In Chicago, I gave everyone a fair shake as long as they played square with me.

  His Kind of Woman (1951)

• You give us a fair shake, we'll give you a fair shake.

  The Desperate Hours (1955)

• I'm hoping you get a fair shake today, Colin.

  No Good Deed (2014)

• Did guys like Hilliard ever give you a fair shake?

  The Desperate Hours (1955)

• Hornbeck, a tall, slope-shouldered, bearish man, held the boy at arm's length and gave him a light shake.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Oh! He smiled broadly and gave Peter's hand a hearty shake.

  Fiction book (2001)

• When the meeting concluded, they finished with a firm shake of hands to seal their agreement.

• After a lighthearted conversation, they exchanged a quick shake to show their friendship.

• With a confident shake, she greeted the new clients at the door.

Synonyms

H

handshake

vsshake

117 1.0

A short greeting where two people hold and shake hands

is the general term for clasping and moving someone's hand to greet or agree

H

handshaking

vsshake

2 2.7

Holding and moving another person's hand as a greeting or sign of agreement

is used for the ongoing action rather than a single event

H

handclasp

vsshake

1 2.9

A firm hold of another person's hand as a greeting or agreement

is the same action but used more for introductions or formal signs of agreement

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 Firm

grip

116 1.0

clasp

3 1.9

shake

8 1.0

to touch

∞ 1.0

tap

66 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology