Shakes
/ʃeɪks/
noun
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
"She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head."
- A milkshake.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
verb
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
"He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere."
- 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"
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
"He was shaken by what had happened."
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
"I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something."
noun
- A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.
"When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. http//apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction"
SYNONYMS
Total: 13 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Shakes"
Shakes is a 6-letter word that scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Shakes" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shakes" is a medium-scoring word.