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shake
verb- to search a person’s clothing and body US
- I told him, “You don’t search me. A matron shakes me, but not you.” — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 84, 1972
- to get rid of someone or something US, 1872
- Nicky couldn’t even go for a ride without changing cars at least six times before he could shake all his tails. — Casino, 1995
▶ shake a leg
to hurry, to get a move on US, 1904
Extends from the sense “to dance”; generally used in the imperative.- I told you to get those leaves swept up! Shake a leg, pronto! — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
▶ shake hands
(of a male) to urinate AUSTRALIA
The indirect object has been euphemistically omitted.- He’s not here. Musta gone outside to shake hands. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 37, 1962
▶ shake hands with an old friend
used by a male as a jocular euphemism when excusing himself to go and urinate US- — Michael Dalton Johnson, Talking Trash with Redd Foxx, p. 43, 1994
▶ shake hands with my friend
(of a male) to urinate UK
A humorous allusion to the penis; a variation of SHAKE HANDS WITH AN OLD FRIEND.- [P]oint Percy at the Porcelain [to urinate], Shake Hands with My Friend, Exercise The One-Eyed Trouser Snake. Shaking, I hold my terrified dick and try to pass water. — Stuart Browne, Dangerous Parking, p. 280, 2000
▶ shake hands with the Devil
(of either sex) to masturbate US- — Xaviera Hollander, The Best Part of a Man, 1975
▶ shake hands with the unemployed
(of a male) to urinate AUSTRALIA, 1972
The notion behind “unemployed” is a wry admission that the man in question has not been getting any sex of late.- [J]ust shooting through [going] to the Gents to shake hands with the unemployed! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- I think I’d better whip out to the utensil and shake hands with the unemployed. — The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, 1972
- Billy flung himself up from the table and announced that he was off to shake hands with the unemployed. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 174, 1987
▶ shake hands with the wife’s best friend
(of a male) to urinate; to masturbate AUSTRALIA- When we get inside order a couple of schooners while I shake hands with the wife’s best friend! — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 28, 1968
- — Barry Humphrie, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 60, 1985
▶ shake leg
to idle SINGAPORE- — Paik Choo, The Coxford Singlish Dictionary, p. 95, 2002
▶ shake the bushes; shake the leaves; shake the trees
to look for the police, especially so as to warn other drivers US
Citizens’ band radio slang.- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 83, 1976
- — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 159, 1981
▶ shake the leaves
in a group of trucks travelling down the motorway together, to drive in the lead position, risking first contact with police watching for speeders US- — Wayne Floyd, Jason’s Authentic Dictionary of CB Slang, p. 27, 1976
▶ shake the trees
to drive in the lead position in a group of trucks travelling on a motorway together in a group effort to avoid speeding tickets while driving fast US- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 11, 1976
▶ shake them up
on the railways, to switch wagons or trains US- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 267, 1946
▶ shake white coconuts from the veiny love tree
(of a male) to masturbate UK, 2001
Coinage credited to surreal BBC comedy The League of Gentlemen.▶ shake your booty
to dance in a lively manner US
Literally, “to shake your buttocks”.- — KC & The Sunshine Band (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, 1978
- Rap, hip-hop ... what’s the first thing you think of? Great tunes to shake your booty to, but then what? — The Times Magazine, p. 43, 16 February 2002
▶ shake your skirt
(of a woman) to go dancing US- — Pamela Munro, U.C.L.A. Slang, p. 74, 1989
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