body shake

body shake

A thorough or intensive search of one's person, especially for weaponry or prohibited substances. The bouncer is giving everyone a body shake to make sure no one smuggles booze or drugs into the concert. The officer gave me a body shake even through I told him I didn't have a gun on me.
See also: body, shake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

body shake

n. a shakedown of the body; a skin-search. (see also shakedown.) They give everybody who passes through these doors a body shake.
See also: body, shake
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • zot
  • zot.
  • push by
  • bum rush
  • put (one) through (one's) paces
  • put somebody/something through their/its paces
  • put someone or something through their paces
  • put someone through his or her paces
  • put someone/something through their paces
  • brick wall
References in classic literature
His body shakes and throbs like a runaway steam engine, and the ear cannot follow the flying showers of notes--there is a pale blue mist where you look to see his bowing arm.
In an advisory, the agency said the public must shun purchasing these products: Taberu Crispy Tempura Seaweed (Original Flavor), Bumble Bee Premium Wild Pink Salmon, Apyld R3 Balance Body Shake, and Ziller Garlic BBQ Jerky.
There was mostly horror as I watched her body shake in final palsy, heard the rattle at the back of her gaping mouth, but there was also the urge to bury my face in her neck.
I could see his body shake as he talked of his beloved parents, could see him with a brighter future.
It has a 9.9mm thick body Shake & Transfer technology to transfer data and a 2,000mAh battery.
Encourage your dog to do a full body shake before using the first towel.
I felt my entire body shake. I guess I understand how these bugs have felt all these years.
I have so many memories of Mike laughing, deep and loud and long; his laugh would make his whole body shake like a tunnel, a conduit.
"Just like a dog, it did a body shake and sent water flying all over us from this thick fur," he says.
There is only a small amount of body shake over rough surfaces with the roof down, the handling is excellent and the road-holding huge fun.
Would it still make your teeth rattle and your body shake even on the smoothest of roads?
She said: "When I was told he had been killed I felt my whole body shake and I started crying.
Using behavioral observation software (Noldus Observer[R] 4.1), we recorded time until courtship, courtship duration, and intensity (leg raise and body shake rates).
"There is so much history at this place - when I look at all the other winners it makes my body shake with excitement.