# shakes

Pronunciation: say "SHAYKS" /ʃeɪks/

## Noun

1. Plural of shake. — plural of shake
   - Simple: Plural of shake. Use this form when you mean more than one shake.
   - _He blended three banana shakes for the kids after practice._
   - _A couple of firm shakes settled the powder evenly in the jar._
3. An episode of uncontrollable trembling or shivering. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A spell of trembling or shivering that you cannot control.
   - _By morning the fever had given him a bad case of the shakes._
   - _Stage fright left her with the shakes minutes before the curtain rose._
4. Delirium tremens: severe trembling, confusion, and hallucinations brought on by alcohol withdrawal. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Bad shaking, confusion, and seeing things, which can hit a heavy drinker who suddenly stops drinking.
   - _By the third day of withdrawal, the shakes set in and he began seeing things._
   - _Nurses on the ward watched for the shakes in newly admitted drinkers._
5. A set of twitches, tics, and spasms typical of withdrawal from an addiction. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Twitching, jerking, and other body movements that happen when someone stops using a drug.
   - _Counselors warned that the shakes would peak a few days after his last dose._
   - _The shakes gripped him every time he tried to give up the pills._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of shake. — third-person singular simple present indicative of shake
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of shake. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The old bridge shakes whenever a heavy truck crosses it._
   - _She shakes the dust from the rug on the back porch each morning._

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