LekhoriLekhoriTo cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
The earthquake shook the building.
To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.
To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
to shake fruit down from a tree
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
The cat gave the mouse a shake.
A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
And when the princely Perſean Diadem, Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:
A surname.
From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg...
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A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
The snake did the frug, the monkey did the shake. The crowd, mostly young couples, tourists and kids, loved it.