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shake

1. an instance of shaking dice before casting

2. Music another word for trill

3. a dance, popular in the 1960s, in which the body is shaken convulsively in time to the beat

4. an informal name for earthquake

shake [shāk]

(materials)

Separation between adjoining layers of wood, due to causes other than drying.

A thick hand-cut shingle.

shake

A thick wood shingle, usually formed either by hand-splitting a short log into tapered radial sections or by sawing; usually attached in overlapping rows on wood sheathing, 1 as a covering for a roof or wall.

Shake

a modern ballroom dance of British origin. Improvised, with characteristic movements of the shoulders and body, the dance is in 4/4 time, with a tempo ranging from moderate to moderately fast.

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Shake (redirected from no great shakes)

Shake
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