shake

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,ergative)To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.The earthquakeshookthe building.Heshookthe can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.1963,Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC,page232:Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and now seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic toshakeit and fold it up again for him.; (transitive)To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicaterefusal,reluctance,ordisapproval.Shakinghis head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Psalms109:25, column 1:I became alſo a reproch vnto them:whenthey looked vpon me, theyſhakedtheir heads.; (transitive)To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.toshakefruit down from a treec.1607–1608(date written),William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?],The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre.[…], London:[…][William White andThomas Creede] for Henry Gosson,[…], published1609,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:[…]Shakeoff the golden ſlumber of repoſe;[…]1680,John Bunyan,The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come:[…], 5th edition, Edinburgh:[…]Iohn Cairns,[…],→OCLC,page70:But indeed thisShamewas a bold Villain; I could ſcarceſhakehim out of my company; [...]; ; (transitive)Todisturbemotionally; toshock.Synonym:traumatizeHer father’s deathshookher terribly.He wasshakenby what had happened.2013July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have beenshakento their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.; (transitive,idiomatic)Tolose,evade, orget rid of(something).I can’tshakethe feeling that I forgot something.; (intransitive)To move from side to side.Synonyms:shiver,trembleSheshookwith grief.1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left himshaking.; (intransitive,usually as "shake on")Toshake hands.OK, let’sshakeon it.; (intransitive)Todance.She wasshakingit on the dance floor.; (transitive)To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.toshakea note in music; (transitive,figurative)To threaten to overthrow.The experienceshookmy religious belief.2014January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art ofHe Chengyao”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon16 August 2023, Sinosphere‎[2]:The story of Ms. He and her mother began in the early 1960s, shortly before the Cultural RevolutionshookChina.; (intransitive,figurative)To be agitated; to lose firmness.

Examples:

EN: quot; There, there, Mr. Asther, now shake hands like a good boy.quot;
ES: "Vamos, Sr. Asther, ahora estrecha la mano como un buen chico."
EN: "Why don't you shake each other's hand?"
ES: "¿Por qué no os dais la mano?"
EN: "are going to shake hands with me outside the church on Sunday,
ES: "van a agitar las manos conmigo fuera de la iglesia el domingo,
EN: "Let's shake the table."
ES: "Debemos mover la mesa."
EN: Come on! Let the house shake!
ES: Que la choza se sacuda!
EN: if I bring back a bad message, if I return with empty hands, then do not rage against yourself and me, be strong, don't despair, shake it off and forget this woman!
ES: Si el mensaje es malo y regreso con las manos vacias, no brames contra ti ni contra mi, se fuerte, no desesperes, superalo y olvida a esa mujer!
EN: - I know I've fallen very low, but not low enough to shake Thor Brekanæs' hand!
ES: - Sé que he caído muy bajo, ¡pero no lo suficiente como para que se le ponga la mano encima a Thor Brekanæs!
EN: you can't shake off?
ES: o es la culpa de la que no pudo ser puesto en libertad?
EN: Try as he might, Heizaburo couldn't shake the police.
ES: Aunque lo intentó, Heizaburo no pudo zafarse de la guardia.
EN: Say,you, get up and shake a hoof with those customers.
ES: Oye, levántate y enséñales las patitas a esos clientes.
EN: A good husband you are, letting Gus send your wife to shake for a mob Bronx gorillas.
ES: Vaya marido, permitiendo que Gus exponga a tu mujer ante unos gangsters en el Bronx.
EN: And the ship would shake like it was gonna split in two.
ES: Y el barco se estremecía como si fuera a partirse en dos.
EN: You don't care about anything as long as you can shove somebody on your filthy stage. and make them shake for a bunch of gorillas.
ES: No les importa nada con tal de meter a la que sea en el cochino escenario a mover las caderas ante una tropa de gorilas.
EN: Well, if you'd just shake your tail a little bit...
ES: Bueno, si mantienes los ojos abiertos...
EN: Boy, shake that starboard hip.
ES: Sacude esa cadera a estribor.

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