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shakes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shakes.

Editorial note

You don't get the shakes, or feel intense pain or suffer from withdrawal when you don't do math for a couple months.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shakes gathered in one view.

noun

(colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering.

noun

(colloquial) A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction.

noun

(slang) Delirium tremens; typically due to alcohol withdrawal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shakes.

noun

(colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering.

noun

(colloquial) A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction.

noun

(slang) Delirium tremens; typically due to alcohol withdrawal.

Example sentences

1

You don't get the shakes, or feel intense pain or suffer from withdrawal when you don't do math for a couple months.

2

Greetings can involve hand shakes, fist bumbs, 1/2 hugs, or bumping shoulders etc.

3

I thought when NAS came around we were gonna get cool, drug-addict symptoms like the black shakes...but headaches and skin-rashes?

4

Eh, i guess we'll see how it all shakes out in the next 5-10 years.

5

I'm not aware of any ill effects from consuming meal-replacement shakes like Ensure regularly, and they've been around for quite some time.

6

I've heard of crops where a machine shakes the tree, and the crop falls to the ground (maybe some kind of nut?).

7

They can start doing some fork putdowns and head shakes.

8

YC already has incentive to do this; their post-dilution stake in wildly successful companies still shakes out as being far from trivial.

9

Steve::shakes head:: it disturbs me that you just know this.

10

But you get a contract, you counter, everybody shakes hands, you're on the payroll and somehow that implies that you agreed to theirs, and not vice versa?

11

All those error checks, bounds checks, canary checks, validations, secure hand shakes, … take up time, and it accumulates.

12

I have a feeling that, with the way the three disciplines overlap, when everything finally shakes out we'll probably see the formation of a few more disciplines.

Quote examples

1

Most diet shakes are still in the "fat is bad" mindset, and almost all the calories come from simple carbohydrates.

2

It always shakes out, with the "real programmers" always having jobs and increasing salaries.

3

"The best exercises for your abs are fork putdowns and head shakes"

4

If you want to take that then take just the normal gain shakes or better off buy a protein shake powder and a carb powder add to it some of those silly fiber powder drinks you buy at the wellness store and mix it yourself for a better balance with less calories per "meal" it will taste considerably better and be cheaper.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shakes in a sentence?

You don't get the shakes, or feel intense pain or suffer from withdrawal when you don't do math for a couple months.

What does shakes mean?

(colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering.

What part of speech is shakes?

shakes is commonly used as noun.