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Synonyms & Antonyms of shake
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
- the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road
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2
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
- we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot
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- avoid,
- dodge,
- duck,
- elude,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- finesse,
- get around,
- scape,
- shirk,
- shuffle (out of),
- shun,
- weasel (out of)
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shake
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of shake (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a very small space of time
- I'll be there in two shakes
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2
shakes plural
a sense of panic or extreme nervousness
- I get the shakes every time I hear her voice
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3
a shaking of the earth
- the shake was a modest 3.1 on the Richter scale
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The first known use of shake was before the 12th century
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