shake

nouncountable and uncountableB1/ˈʃeɪk/

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.usually plural
A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
A milkshake.
A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
An adulterant added to cocaine powder.US, slang
A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
A fissure in rock or earth.
A type of wooden shingle originally made from split timber.
Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)informal
One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
A shook of staves and headings.
The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.UK, dialectal
A shock or disturbance.
An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.historical

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The police were heading for a shake down.

"I didn't forget you," he said with a shake of the head.