shakes

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of shake. Use this form when you mean more than one shake.

   She ordered two thick chocolate shakes at the diner counter.

   The wet dog gave a few quick shakes to dry off.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular present of shake. Use it with he, she, or it.

   She shakes the bottle hard before pouring the juice.

   He shakes hands with every guest at the door.

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3. 3
   nouncolloquialplural

   A spell of trembling or shivering that you cannot control.

   Like shivering when you are very cold, but you cannot make it stop.

   After the cold night outside, she had the shakes for an hour.

   Fear gave him the shakes right before his big test.

   Similarjitters, shivers

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4. 4
   nounslangplural

   Bad shaking, confusion, and seeing things, which can hit a heavy drinker who suddenly stops drinking.

   Without a drink for two days, he came down with the shakes.

   The clinic treats patients who get the shakes when they quit alcohol.

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialplural

   Twitching, jerking, and other body movements that happen when someone stops using a drug.

   Quitting cold turkey gave her the shakes for the first week.

   He fought through the shakes as the drug left his system.

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