Definition of shakes

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• shakes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• shakes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• shakes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of shakes

• move back and forth or sideways (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. rock
  2. sway
• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. trill
• move or cause to move back and forth (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. agitate
• grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. handclasp
  2. handshake
  3. handshaking
• building material used as siding or roofing (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. shingle
• move with or as if with a tremor (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. didder
• causing to move repeatedly from side to side (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. wag
  2. waggle
• get rid of (verb)

  Examples

  1. I couldn't shake the car that was following me

  Synonyms

  1. escape from
  2. shake off
  3. throw off
• frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. milk shake
  2. milkshake
• shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. judder
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. excite
  2. shake up
  3. stimulate
  4. stir
• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. shiver
  2. tremble
• bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking (verb)

  Examples

  1. He was shaken from his dreams
  2. shake the salt out of the salt shaker
• shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state (verb)

  Examples

  1. shake one's head
  2. Don't shake your fist at me!
• undermine or cause to waver (verb)

  Examples

  1. my faith has been shaken

See definition of shakes in Merriam Webster