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wave, brandish, flourish, display, show off, parade, exhibit,
vaunt, waggle, flap, flutter: It was thrilling to see the
once-banned flag being shaken under the noses of the deposed
leaders. 5 Often, shake up. agitate, stir (up), mix (up); upset,
distress, frighten, scare, shock, disturb, unnerve, unsettle,
disconcert, discomfit, worry, fluster, disquiet, confound,
confuse, perplex, puzzle, Colloq rattle, get to, US throw (for a
loop): Shake the medicine before taking it. I was really shaken
by the news that Sheila had quit. 6 shake down. a break in,
condition, test, prove, Colloq debug: We shook down the
submarine on a 30-day cruise. b blackmail, extort or extract or
squeeze or wrest money from, hold up, squeeze, threaten: The
shopkeepers were so frightened that the gang easily shook them
down. 7 shake off. get rid of, discard, dislodge, drop, brush
off, elude, evade, lose, throw off, rid oneself of, give the
slip to: We finally shook off our pursuers: at last we felt
safe.
--n. 8 shaking, quivering, quaking, shuddering, wavering,
wobbling, trembling, shivering, quiver, quake, shudder, waver,
wobble, tremble, shiver, wiggle, wriggle, twitch, joggle,
jiggle, sway, swing, roll, gyration: The dog gave a shake of
its tail and bounded towards them. 9 agitating, agitation,
shaking, stirring (up), jolt, jar, jarring, jounce, jolting,
jouncing: Give him a good shake and he'll wake up. 10 the
shakes. trembling, tremors, delirium tremens, Colloq D.T.'s:
She's had so much to drink that she's got the shakes.
shake-up n. reorganization, rearrangement, overhaul, revamp,
restructuring, rehabilitation, make-over, realignment: With new
owners you can expect a complete shake-up of top management.
shaky adj. 1 uncertain, wobbly, unstable, precarious, unsound,
flimsy, weak, unsteady, unsupported, unsubstantiated,
undependable, unreliable, tenuous, untrustworthy, dubious,
questionable, doubtful, Colloq iffy: The evidence against him
is very shaky indeed. 2 wobbly, wobbling, unstable, precarious,
dilapidated, ramshackle, on its last legs, decrepit, falling
down or apart, rickety, flimsy, unsteady, insecure, unsound,
unsubstantial, insubstantial, feeble: Surely, you can't expect
that shaky old chair to support your weight!
shallow adj. 1 surface, skin-deep, superficial, thin, empty, flimsy,