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shake
noun- a moment, an instant of time UK
Most often used in all manner of elaborations: “in a shake” (C19), “in the shake of a hand” (C19, probably obsolete), “in a brace of shakes” (mid-C19), “in a couple of shakes” (mid-C19), “in two shakes” (late C19); later C20 variations are more whimsical: “in the shake of a lamb’s tail”, “in the shake of a dead lamb’s tail”, “in two shakes of a lamb’s whiff-whoff” (mid-C20), “two shakes of a donkey’s tail” and “two shakes of a monkey’s tail”. - Wait just a shake, honey; what are these two little red capsules in here with my vitamin? — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 32, 1962
- Give us a couple of shakes to get our breath. — A Hard Day’s Night, 1964
- marijuana, especially the resinous matter that is shaken to the bottom during transit or what remains after the buds have been removed US, 1978
- A spokesman who identified himself as a “former user,” said that “shake,” the fine, powdery remnants of marijuana processing, costs about $75 per ounce. — Chicago Tribune, p. C1, 13 August 1985
- Once stoned on the low-grade green shake, it seemed much safer to stay home. — Sean Hutchinson, Crying Out Loud, p. 25, 1988
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 289, 2003
- On a tip, police searched Williamson’s Gaston home in August, 2002, and found 13 marijuana plants, 11 gallon-sized bags of marijuana shake and some seeds. — The Oregonian, p. C1, 12 September 2003
- any adulterant added to cocaine powder US
- [M]ost suppliers will allow up to 120 grams of shake to a kilo, or 12 percent; kilo-level buyers are usually unhappy if they find more. — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 35, 1989
- a blunt demand for money supported by the threat of physical force US
A shortened form of SHAKEDOWN- He was a heavy-set, round-faced, deceptively soft-looking young man who specialized in strong-arm routines and “shakes.” — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 58, 1953
- the questioning of a suspected criminal US
An abbreviation of SHAKEDOWN- The FBI file was full of shakes involving Farley Ramsdale and Olive O. Ramsdale[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station, p. 291, 2006
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