Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 6 compound words that contain shaken. The most common are listed below. Open shaken in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- shaken baby syndromeA trauma on the head that occurs when a child is violently shaken, creating a whiplash-type motion that causes acceleration-deceleration injuries, often without external signs of trauma.
- shaken downpast participle of shake down: To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
- shaken handspast participle of shake hands: To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.
- shaken offpast participle of shake off: To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
- shaken outpast participle of shake out: To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.
- shaken overpast participle of shake over: to frisk
- shaken uppast participle of shake up: A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.
- shaken a legpast participle of shake a leg: To get busy; to get going; to be productive.
- shaken it uppast participle of shake it up: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.
- shaken baby syndromesplural of shaken baby syndrome: A trauma on the head that occurs when a child is violently shaken, creating a whiplash-type motion that causes acceleration-deceleration injuries, often without external signs of trauma.
- shaken like a leafpast participle of shake like a leaf: To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
- shaken the plum treepast participle of shake the plum tree: To obtain a source of advantage, such as for political favors or appointments.
- shaken the pagoda treepast participle of shake the pagoda tree: To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.
- shaken in one's bootspast participle of shake in one's boots: To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.
- shaken in one's shoespast participle of shake in one's shoes: To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.
- shaken off the dust from one's feetpast participle of shake off the dust from one's feet: To separate oneself from something unpleasant; to leave a place for good.
- shaken one's headpast participle of shake one's head: To move one's head from side to side, in a repeated swiveling motion from the neck, to indicate disagreement, negation, disbelief, disapproval or dismay.
- shaken the dust from one's feetpast participle of shake the dust from one's feet: To separate oneself from something unpleasant; to leave a place for good.
- shaken the dust from one's sandalspast participle of shake the dust from one's sandals: To separate oneself from something unpleasant; to leave a place for good.
- shaken togetherpast participle of shake together: To get along well; to make friends.
- shaken one's elbowpast participle of shake one's elbow: To gamble with dice.
Compound words 6
- shakennessThe quality of being shaken.
- windshakenOf wood: damaged by windshake.
- shakenlyIn a shaken or nervous manner.
- outshakenpast participle of outshake: To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
- overshakenpast participle of overshake: To shake too much.
- forshakenpast participle of forshake: To shake off; rid or free oneself from.