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shakes

noun as in hangover

noun as in heebie-jeebies

noun as in jitters

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Example Sentences

The concrete building from which the sounds emanate shakes from the impact, rattling the colorful houses on the dirt roads nearby.

When I ask if her fellow nurses are afraid she shakes her head.

[Shakes Head] When I saw this film, though, I thought the mantle of Mel Brooks had been passed.

Whether it comes in the form of liquids, protein shakes, chocolate bars, or leafs of kale, food is energy.

And no one who plays the same part more than, say, three times ever really shakes it.

The ground shakes and out from the darkness of the forest plunges a huge buffalo.

Growling horribly, the enraged brute seized poor Pearson and shook him as a terrier dog shakes a rat.

There was the same sniffing and scratching as before, and I felt the tent give a little as when wind shakes it.

The coachman gathers up his reins and shakes squarely down into his seat; the ostlers step back.

She runs up and throws her arms round him, she kisses him and shakes him; the heavy wreath of flowers slips down over his nose.

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On this page you'll find 326 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shakes, such as: angst, apprehension, concern, disquiet, doubt, and dread.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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