shake off

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sheyk awf, of]
- /ʃeɪk ɔf, ɒf/
- /ʃeɪk ɒf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheyk awf, of]
- /ʃeɪk ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of shake off words

verb without object shake off to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements. 1
verb without object shake off to tremble with emotion, cold, etc. 1
verb without object shake off to become dislodged and fall (usually followed by off or down): Sand shakes off easily. 1
verb without object shake off to move something, or its support or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing: Shake before using. 1
verb without object shake off to totter; become unsteady. 1
verb without object shake off to clasp another's hand in greeting, agreement, congratulations, etc.: Let's shake and be friends again. 1

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Origin of shake off

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (v.) Middle English s(c)haken, Old English sceacan; cognate with Low German schacken, Old Norse skaka; (noun) derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Shake off

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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shake off popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for shake off

verb shake off

adios — goodbye; farewell
avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
banish — If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
bollix — to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.

adj shake off

dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.

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