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shaken

SaySHAY-kuhn/ˈʃeɪ.kən/
As a nounSHAH-ken

Noun pluralshaken

3 meanings of shaken

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past participle of shake. Use this form after have, has, had, or been.

    She has shaken the bottle hard before pouring the juice.

    The whole house had shaken when the truck drove past.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Feeling upset and frightened after something scary or shocking has happened.

    Like feeling wobbly inside after a sudden fright.

    She felt shaken after the car nearly hit her on the way home.

    He was still shaken by the loud crash hours later.

    Similarupset, shocked, unsettled, distressed

    Oppositecalm, composed

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A flat throwing star shaped like a spiked wheel, not the long stick kind.

    Like a flat metal star with sharp points that you throw.

    The ninja hurled a shaken at the wooden target across the yard.

    Each shaken had eight sharp points around its edge.

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shaken is a form of shake

shake, verb: To hold something and move it quickly back and forth. Full entry

Forms
shakeshakes he/she/itshaking -ing formshook past tenseshaken past participle
Spelling
shake → shaken: irregular (no -ed)

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

Made from the word "shake" plus the ending "-n".

Meaning 3

From the Japanese word 車剣.