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Meaning of "shake down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHAKE DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHAKE DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shake down is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SHAKE DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shakedown

Shakedown may refer to: ▪ Shakedown, a type of plastic deformation ▪ Shakedown or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft before being declared operational ▪ Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal gain ▪ Similar to raid, a colloquial term for a mostly spontaneous and particularly intensive inspection inside a prison, where an inmate is searched for contraband including clothing, body and cell.

Definition of shake down in the English dictionary

The first definition of shake down in the dictionary is to fall or settle or cause to fall or settle by shaking. Other definition of shake down is to extort money from, esp by blackmail or threats of violence. Shake down is also to search thoroughly.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHAKE DOWN

shakable
shake
shake a leg
shake hands
shake in one´s shoes
shake off
shake on it
shake one´s head
shake the dust from one´s feet
shake the dust off one´s feet
shake the foundations of something
shake up
shake-out
shake-up
shakeable
shakedown
shaken
shaken baby syndrome
shaker

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHAKE DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of shake down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shake down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHAKE DOWN

Find out the translation of shake down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shake down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shake down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

晃倒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shakedown
570 millions of speakers

English

shake down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे हिला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يهز أسفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

утрясать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chacoalhar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে ঝাঁকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secouer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Goncang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausnehmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シェイクダウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래로 흔들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Goyangake mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rung cho trái rụng xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குலுக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थरथर कापणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Salla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scuotere per far cadere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trząść się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

втрясати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se agită în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κούνημα προς τα κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skud af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skaka ned
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riste ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shake down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAKE DOWN»

The term «shake down» is regularly used and occupies the 102.628 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAKE DOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shake down» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shake down» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shake down

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAKE DOWN»

Discover the use of shake down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shake down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football
Both social history and sports history, this book documents as never before the first half-century of Notre Dame football and relates it to the rise of big-time intercollegiate athletics, the college sports reform movement, and the corrupt ...
Murray A. Sperber, 1993
2
Shake Down
A mass murder at a Kansas City residence brings together three very different people--Special Agent Jack Davis, whose personal life is affecting his job; Kate Scranton, a corrupt psychologist; and Latrell Kelly, who is hiding something ...
Joel Goldman, 2008
3
Betrayal: how union bosses shake down their members and ...
A critical assessment of today's labor union activities reveals how union leaders spend billions of dollars in mandatory membership dues to further their own interests, identifying labor leaders and politicians who support the unions' ...
Linda Chavez, Daniel Gray, 2004
4
Shake Down
HOUSE OF SECRETS To clear his imprisoned father's name, Shane Gillum must find evidence hidden in a Martha's Vineyard cottage.
Jill Elizabeth Nelson, 2014
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Conspiracy Theory: Machiavelli's Shake Down
Suddenly she had a stone face.
Mary Beni, 2010
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VUV and Soft X-Ray Photoionization
The shaken electron may also further shake down or up during ihe Auger decay. Fine structure of satellites is complicated because of open-shell electronic structure. Multiply excited' ionized initial states produce their own satellite contribution.
Uwe Becker, David Allen Shirley, 1996
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Evaluation Findings for Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc. ...
The factor F/ F10 was used to indicate whether shake-down occurs. Currently, there are no definite limits to determine whether shake-down has occurred. However, based on a consensus of the Technical Evaluation Panel for this testing ...
Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center/Civil Engineering Research Foundation
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Evaluation Findings for Seismic Engergy Products, L.P. ...
The factor F/F]0 was used to indicate whether shake-down occurs. Currently, there are no definite limits to determine whether shake-down has occurred. However, based on a consensus of the Technical Evaluation Panel for this testing ...
Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center/Civil Engineering Research Foundation
9
Submissions to the Dean: Gardner C. Taylor
Again, if you go back to the Exodus, God provided by way of a shake down. He shook Pharaoh so hard that Pharaoh had to let them go. Not only did he let them go, but the Egyptians also gave them clothing, silver, and gold. Somebody knows  ...
J. Douglas Wiley & Ivan D. Hicks, Editors
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Harnessing Anger: The Inner Discipline of Athletic Excellence
So now I'm more aware of the shake-down. No more shake-downs! Instead, I endeavor to lift them up. Today, those same problem kids are a great source of joy for us. I have learned that forbearance is much more productive than the ...
Peter Westbrook, 1998

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAKE DOWN»

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Pastor Maldonado giving Lotus E22 shake down in filming day at …
However, Lotus have now travelled to Jerez to shake down the Renault-powered E22 in one of their permitted two 100km promotional days that teams can ... «SkySports, Feb 14»
2
Don't Shake Down Kids Over the 'Harlem Shake'
In case you blinked and missed it, videos of groups of people doing a dance called the Harlem Shake have been sweeping the Internet. The first video was ... «Huffington Post, Mar 13»
3
The Harlem Shakedown
But "Harlem Shake" didn't receive mainstream attention until a comic called Filthy ... emerged called Shake Down, featuring Moetion, popped up online in 2006. «The Root, Feb 13»

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