Phrase Hound found 40 phrases and 17 compound words that contain shakes. The most common are listed below. Open shakes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 40
- milk shakesplural of milk shake: A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- zinc shakesSynonym of metal fume fever: An illness, with influenza-like symptoms, caused by exposure to chemical by-products of certain metals being heated.
- Danbury shakesThe condition of mercury poisoning.
- no great shakesSomething unexceptional, not noteworthy or special.
- brass shakesSynonym of metal fume fever: An illness, with influenza-like symptoms, caused by exposure to chemical by-products of certain metals being heated.
- cup shakesplural of cup shake: A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, most often found near the roots.
- elbow shakesplural of elbow shake: Synonym of elbow bump (“touching of elbows as alternative to a handshake”).
- fair shakesplural of fair shake: Reasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.
- health shakesplural of health shake: A blended beverage, often marketed as a nutritious and convenient meal replacement or supplement.
- pea shakesplural of pea shake: An illicit numbers game or lottery, with the numbers marked on small balls or "peas".
- protein shakesplural of protein shake: A beverage containing protein mixed with milk or water for the purposes of improved nutrition, especially in bodybuilding.
- shakes downthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake down: To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
- shakes handsthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake hands: To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.
- shakes offthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake off: To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
- shakes outthird-person singular simple present indicative 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.
- shakes overthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake over: to frisk
- shakes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake up: A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.
- brace of shakesThe time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
- braces of shakesplural of brace of shakes: The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
- shakes a legthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake a leg: To get busy; to get going; to be productive.
- shakes it upthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake it up: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.
- Wuhan shakesplural of Wuhan shake: The act of greeting by touching the insoles of the feet together, to avoid spreading coronavirus by a handshake.
- shakes like a leafthird-person singular simple present indicative of shake like a leaf: To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
- shakes the plum treethird-person singular simple present indicative of shake the plum tree: To obtain a source of advantage, such as for political favors or appointments.
- shakes the pagoda treethird-person singular simple present indicative of shake the pagoda tree: To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.
Compound words 17
- handshakesplural of handshake: The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
- milkshakesplural of milkshake: A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- footshakesplural of footshake: A shake of the foot, possibly imitating a handshake.
- freakshakesplural of freakshake: An over-the-top milkshake loaded with various sweet treats and toppings.
- headshakesplural of headshake: A shake of the head.
- manshakesplural of manshake: An aggressively strong handshake.
- microshakesplural of microshake: a very small shake (any sense)
- outshakesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outshake: To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
- overshakesthird-person singular simple present indicative of overshake: To shake too much.
- pawshakesplural of pawshake: The grasping of an animal's paw, analogous to a handshake.