shakes

shake

informal
1. An earthquake. That was one of the worst shakes we've had in years. Go check and make sure everything in the house is intact. The shake in Tokyo was so bad that it shut down the commuter trains for two days.
2. A very brief amount of time; an instant. A: "Tom, could you get me a breakdown of our expenses for the month?" B: "No problem, boss. I'll have it over to you in a shake."
3. A deal, bargain, or treatment. My dad came with me to make sure I was getting a fair shake on the used car. He's not a bad person deep down. He just got a bad shake in life.
4. A shortening of "milkshake." I'll have a burger, a side of fries, and a chocolate shake, please.

the shakes

Involuntarily trembling or shaking, as due to fear, anxiety, disease, or a reaction to (or withdrawal from) a substance, such as drugs or alcohol. I've been doing public speaking for nearly 10 years, but I still get the shakes when I have to get up in front of a packed auditorium. I'm trying to get sober and haven't had a drink in four days, but I've been having the shakes something fierce. My aunt has Parkinson's disease, and I know the shakes have made life really hard for her lately.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shakes

n. the delirium tremens. I got the shakes again. That’s what I get for putting soda water in my whiskey.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • shake
  • Shake it up!
  • shake up
  • shook up
  • shake hands with the unemployed
  • in two shakes
  • in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
  • shake (one's) booty
  • shake your booty
  • shake a leg
References in classic literature
That houri, appearing, shakes him up in the usual manner and is charged by the old gentleman to remain near him.
George, who has been looking first at one of them and then at the other, as if he were demented, takes his venerable acquaintance by the throat on receiving this request, and dragging him upright in his chalr as easily as if he were a doll, appears in two minds whether or no to shake all future power of cushioning out of him and shake him into his grave.
Bleak House
Worse still, she neglected to make the old woman's bed properly, and forgot to shake it so that the feathers might fly about.
Fairy Tales
He did not playfully shake him, as was his wont, or murmur soft love curses; but he whispered in his ear.
The Call of the Wild
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"When people think something is healthy, they don't psychologically process it that much and so the physiological factors take over," Mandel said."But when they think something is unhealthy, they're able to override their physical impulses." For the study, Mandel and her colleagues created two types of"protein" shakes that tasted the same and contained the same amount of protein and total calories.
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