Synonyms of the word

shake

• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• v. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.
• v. (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
• v. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
• v. (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
• v. (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
• v. (intransitive) To dance.
• v. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
• n. The act of shaking something.
• n. A milkshake.
• n. A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
• n. Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
• n. (building material) A thin shingle.
• n. A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
• n. A fissure in rock or earth.
• n. A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
• n. (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.).
• n. (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
• n. (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff…
• n. A shook of staves and headings.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

acknowledgement

• n. (most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment.

acknowledgment

• n. The act of acknowledging; admission.
• n. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the…
• n. An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
• n. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
• n. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received…
• n. (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful…
• n. An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
• n. (law) The act of a man admitting a child as his own.
• n. (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or…

agitate

• v. (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To move or actuate.
• v. (transitive) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb.
• v. (transitive) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate.
• v. (transitive) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot.

agitation

• n. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with…
• n. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical…
• n. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
• n. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest…

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

arouse

• v. To stimulate feelings.
• v. To sexually stimulate.
• v. To wake from sleep or stupor.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

didder

• v. To rattle or shiver.

drink

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
• v. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
• v. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
• n. A beverage.
• n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
• n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
• n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
• n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
• n. (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink.

elicit

• v. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or…
• v. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
• v. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
• adj. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

enkindle

• v. To kindle; to arouse or evoke.

escape

• v. (intransitive) To get free, to free oneself.
• v. (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
• v. (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
• v. (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
• v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted…
• v. (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
• n. The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
• n. (computing) escape key.
• n. (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
• n. (snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
• n. (manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
• n. (obsolete) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
• n. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
• n. (obsolete) A sally.
• n. (architecture) An apophyge.

evoke

• v. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

excite

• v. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
• v. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
• v. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron…
• v. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

fire

• n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
• n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
• n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
• n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
• n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
• n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
• n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
• n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
• n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
• n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
• n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
• v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
• v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
• v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
• v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
• v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
• v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
• v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
• v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
• v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
• v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
• v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
• v. To feed or serve the fire of.
• v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
• v. (farriery) To cauterize.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
• adj. (slang) Amazing.
• interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
• interj. A signal to shoot.

gesticulate

• v. (intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
• v. (transitive) To say or express through gestures.

gesture

• n. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
• n. An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
• n. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
• v. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.

handclasp

• n. A handshake.

handshake

• n. The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
• n. (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
• v. To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
• v. (computing) To perform a handshake with another device.

handshaking

• v. present participle of handshake.
• n. A greeting by clasping hands.
• n. (computing) A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices;…

judder

• n. A spasmodic shaking.
• n. (television) Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder.
• v. (intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.

kindle

• v. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
• n. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.

milkshake

• n. A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other…
• n. (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or…
• n. A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
• n. (analogy, mechanics, familiar) Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

note

• n. (heading) A symbol or annotation.
• n. (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
• n. (music, heading) A sound.
• n. (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
• n. (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
• n. (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
• n. (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
• v. (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
• v. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
• v. (transitive) To denote; to designate.
• v. (transitive) To annotate.
• v. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
• v. (transitive) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of…
• n. (uncountable, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary;…
• n. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period…

provoke

• v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
• v. (obsolete) To appeal.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

reflex

• n. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
• n. (linguistics) the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter…
• n. (obsolete) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
• adj. Bent, turned back or reflected.
• adj. Produced automatically by a stimulus.
• adj. (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
• adj. (photography) Of a camera or camera mechanism, using a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass…
• v. to bend, turn back or reflect.
• v. to respond to a stimulus.

rock

• n. Some formations of minerals.
• n. A large hill or island having no vegetation.
• n. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support…
• n. A lump or cube of ice.
• n. (Britain, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally…
• n. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
• n. Some people.
• n. Some fish.
• n. (basketball, slang) A basketball.
• n. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to…
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
• v. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
• v. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
• v. (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
• v. (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
• v. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
• v. (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.
• n. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
• n. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar,…
• v. (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
• v. (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
• v. (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully.
• v. (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular…
• n. (countable) distaff.
• n. (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
• n. Archaic form of roc (mythical bird).

shingle

• n. A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping…
• n. A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
• n. A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric…
• v. (transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
• v. (transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on…
• v. (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from…
• v. To lash with a shingle.
• n. A punitive strap such as a belt, as used for severe spanking.
• n. (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
• n. Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

shiver

• v. To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
• v. (nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
• n. The act or result of shivering.
• n. (medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.^Wp.
• n. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A thin slice; a shive.
• n. (geology) A variety of blue slate.
• n. (nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
• n. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A spindle.
• v. To break into splinters or fragments.

stimulate

• v. To encourage into action.
• v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

stir

• v. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
• v. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something…
• v. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
• v. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
• v. (transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
• v. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
• v. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
• n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
• n. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
• n. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
• n. (slang) Jail; prison.

sway

• n. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
• n. A rocking or swinging motion.
• n. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side.
• n. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
• n. Rule; dominion; control.
• n. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
• n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
• v. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
• v. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
• v. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide…
• v. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
• v. (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
• v. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
• v. To have weight or influence.
• v. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

tone

• n. (music) A specific pitch.
• n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
• n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
• n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
• n. General character, mood, or trend.
• n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
• n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
• n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
• n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
• n. The shade or quality of a colour.
• n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
• n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
• n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
• n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
• v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
• v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
• v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
• v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
• v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
• pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).

tremble

• v. (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
• n. A shake, quiver, or vibration.

trill

• n. (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually…
• n. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place…
• v. (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations…
• v. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.

vibrate

• v. To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
• v. To resonate.
• v. To brandish; to swing to and fro.
• v. To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
• v. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
• n. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most)…

wag

• v. To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or…
• v. (Britain, Australia, slang) To play truant from school.
• v. (obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
• v. (obsolete) To go; to depart.
• n. An oscillating movement.
• n. A witty person.

waggle

• v. (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
• v. (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
• n. A wobbling motion.
• n. (golf) The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed…

weaken

• v. (transitive) To make weaker.
• v. (intransitive) To become weaker.