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• /ˈʃeɪk/
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• rhymes with -eɪk
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• homophone: sheik
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• homophone: sheikh (one pronunciation)
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From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek- (“to jump, move”). Cognate with Scots schake, schack (“to shake”), West Frisian schaekje (“to shake”), Dutch schaken (“to elope, make clean, shake”), Low German schaken (“to move, shift, push, shake”) and schacken (“to shake, shock”), Old Norse skaka (“to shake”), Norwegian Nynorsk skaka (“to shake”), Swedish skaka (“to shake”), Danish skage (“to shake”), Dutch schokken (“to shake, shock”), Russian скака́ть (skakátʹ, “to jump”). More at shock.

354 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: клатене (klatene) — act of shaking
• Catalan: sacseig — act of shaking
• Danish: rysten — act of shaking
• Danish: rusk — act of shaking
• Finnish: ravistus — act of shaking
• Finnish: ravistelu — act of shaking
• French: secousse — act of shaking
• French: secouement — act of shaking
• French: agitation — act of shaking
• Galician: abalo — act of shaking
• German: Schütteln — act of shaking
• Italian: scossa — act of shaking
• Romanian: scuturare — act of shaking
• Scottish Gaelic: crathadh — act of shaking
• Spanish: sacudida — act of shaking
• Swedish: skakning — act of shaking
• Ukrainian: трясі́ння (trjasínnja) — act of shaking
• Walloon: schoyaedje — act of shaking
• Bulgarian: шейк (šejk) — milkshake
• Chinese Mandarin: 雪克 (xuěkè) — milkshake
• Chinese Mandarin: 奶昔 (nǎixī) — milkshake
• Danish: milkshake — milkshake
• Finnish: pirtelö — milkshake
• German: Milchshake — milkshake
• Icelandic: hristingur — milkshake
• Icelandic: sjeik — milkshake
• Icelandic: mjólkurhristingur — milkshake
• Italian: frullato — milkshake
• Italian: milkshake — milkshake
• Italian: frappé — milkshake
• Japanese: ミルクセーキ (miruku-sēki) — milkshake
• Japanese: セーキ (sēki) — milkshake
• Korean: 밀크셰이크 (milkeusyeikeu) — milkshake
• Korean: 셰이크 (syeikeu) — milkshake
• Polish: shake — milkshake
• Portuguese: batido — milkshake
• Russian: кокте́йль (koktɛ́jlʹ) — milkshake
• Russian: шейк (šejk) — milkshake
• Slovene: šejk — milkshake
• Spanish: batido — milkshake
• Swedish: milkshake — milkshake
• Vietnamese: sinh tố — milkshake
• Finnish: puru — small, leafy fragments of cannabis
• Finnish: päre — building material: thin shingle
• German: Schindel — building material: thin shingle
• Ingrian: päre — building material: thin shingle
• Polish: gont — building material: thin shingle
• Polish: szyndzioł — building material: thin shingle
• Finnish: halkeama — crack or splint in wood
• Finnish: särö — crack or splint in wood
• Russian: отлуп (otlup) — crack or splint in wood
• Bulgarian: момент (moment) — informal: instant, second
• Czech: mžik — informal: instant, second
• Finnish: vilaus — informal: instant, second
• Italian: attimo — informal: instant, second
• Portuguese: instante — informal: instant, second
• Portuguese: instantinho — informal: instant, second
• Dutch: triller — music: trill
• French: trille — music: trill
• German: Triller — music: trill
• Afrikaans: skud — transitive: to cause to move
• Albanian: shkund — transitive: to cause to move
• Albanian: lëkund — transitive: to cause to move
• Arabic: هَزَّ (hazza) — transitive: to cause to move
• Aramaic: ܢܦܨ (napasˀ) — transitive: to cause to move
• Armenian: սասանել (sasanel) — transitive: to cause to move
• Armenian: թափ տալ (tʻapʻ tal) — transitive: to cause to move
• Armenian: թափահարել (tʻapʻaharel) — transitive: to cause to move
• Assamese: লৰা (lora) — transitive: to cause to move
• Assamese: ঘোঁট (ghü̃t) — transitive: to cause to move
• Assamese: মথ — transitive: to cause to move
• Azerbaijani: silkələmək — transitive: to cause to move
• Azerbaijani: sarsıtmaq — transitive: to cause to move
• Azerbaijani: laxlatmaq — transitive: to cause to move
• Bakhtiari: شندنیدن (šondeniðen) — transitive: to cause to move
• Bashkir: һелкеү (helkew) — transitive: to cause to move
• Belarusian: трэ́сці (trésci) — transitive: to cause to move
• Bulgarian: треса́ (tresá) — transitive: to cause to move
• Bulgarian: клатя (klatja) — transitive: to cause to move
• Burmese: ခါ (hka) — transitive: to cause to move
• Catalan: agitar — transitive: to cause to move
• Catalan: sacsejar — transitive: to cause to move
• Cherokee: ᎠᏖᎸᎲᏍᎦ (atelvhvsga) — transitive: to cause to move
• Chinese Mandarin: 搖 /摇 (yáo) — transitive: to cause to move
• Choctaw: ilhkolichi — transitive: to cause to move
• Czech: třást — transitive: to cause to move
• Danish: ryste — transitive: to cause to move
• Dutch: schudden — transitive: to cause to move
• Esperanto: skui — transitive: to cause to move
• Estonian: raputama — transitive: to cause to move
• Finnish: ravistaa — transitive: to cause to move
• Finnish: ravistella — transitive: to cause to move
• Finnish: heristää — transitive: to cause to move
• French: secouer — transitive: to cause to move
• French: agiter — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: axitar — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: sacudir — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: abalar — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: abanar — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: acanear — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: abanear — transitive: to cause to move
• Galician: bandear — transitive: to cause to move
• Georgian: ნჯღრევა (nǯɣreva) — transitive: to cause to move
• Georgian: ქნევა (kneva) — transitive: to cause to move
• German: schütteln — transitive: to cause to move
• German: erschüttern — transitive: to cause to move
• Greek: τραντάζω (trantázo) — transitive: to cause to move
• Greek: σείω (seío) — transitive: to cause to move
• Ancient Greek: σείω (seíō) — transitive: to cause to move
• Hebrew: זִעְזֵעַ (zi'zéa') — transitive: to cause to move
• Hebrew: נִיעֵר (ni'ér) — transitive: to cause to move
• Hindi: हिलाना (hilānā) — transitive: to cause to move
• Hungarian: ráz — transitive: to cause to move
• Icelandic: hrista — transitive: to cause to move
• Ingrian: puistaa — transitive: to cause to move
• Ingrian: raputtaa — transitive: to cause to move
• Irish: croith — transitive: to cause to move
• Italian: scuotere — transitive: to cause to move
• Italian: agitare — transitive: to cause to move
• Japanese: 揺する (yusuru) — transitive: to cause to move
• Japanese: 揺らす (yurasu) — transitive: to cause to move
• Japanese: 振る (furu) — transitive: to cause to move
• Khmer: អង្រន់ (ʼɑngrŭən) — transitive: to cause to move
• Khmer: អង្រួន (ʼɑɑʼɑngruən) — transitive: to cause to move
• Korean: 흔들리다 (heundeullida) — transitive: to cause to move
• Central Kurdish: شەقاندن (şeqandin) — transitive: to cause to move
• Ladino: menear — transitive: to cause to move
• Latin: commoveō — transitive: to cause to move
• Latvian: kratīt — transitive: to cause to move
• Latvian: purināt — transitive: to cause to move
• Livonian: kratīņtõ — transitive: to cause to move
• Livonian: repțõ — transitive: to cause to move
• Low German: schüdden — transitive: to cause to move
• Luxembourgish: rëselen — transitive: to cause to move
• Luxembourgish: stuckelen — transitive: to cause to move
• Macedonian: тресе (trese) — transitive: to cause to move
• Malayalam: കുലുക്കുക (kulukkuka) — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: ruirui — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: whakaoioi — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: whakangāueue — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: hauruturutu — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: haurui — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: whakakarekare — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: kopekope — transitive: to cause to move
• Māori: rawharawha — transitive: to cause to move
• Middle English: schaken — transitive: to cause to move
• Norwegian: riste — transitive: to cause to move
• Occitan: agitar — transitive: to cause to move
• Occitan: secodre — transitive: to cause to move
• Church Slavic: трѧсти (tręsti) — transitive: to cause to move
• Old East Slavic: трясти (trjasti) — transitive: to cause to move
• Old English: cweċċan — transitive: to cause to move
• Old English: āhrēran — transitive: to cause to move
• Persian: تکاندن (tekândan) — transitive: to cause to move
• Polish: trząść — transitive: to cause to move
• Polish: potrząsnąć — transitive: to cause to move
• Portuguese: sacudir — transitive: to cause to move
• Portuguese: agitar — transitive: to cause to move
• Romanian: agita — transitive: to cause to move
• Romanian: scutura — transitive: to cause to move
• Russian: трясти́ (trjastí) — transitive: to cause to move
• Sanskrit: इङ्गति (iṅgati) — transitive: to cause to move
• Sanskrit: वे॒पय॑ति (vepáyati) — transitive: to cause to move
• Scottish Gaelic: crath — transitive: to cause to move
• Serbo-Croatian: тре́сти — transitive: to cause to move
• Serbo-Croatian: trésti — transitive: to cause to move
• Slovak: triasť — transitive: to cause to move
• Slovene: trésti — transitive: to cause to move
• Lower Sorbian: tśěsć — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: agitar — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: sacudir — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: jamaquear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: samaquear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: zamaquear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: zarandear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: zabuquear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: zangolotear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: solapear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: cernear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: vapulear — transitive: to cause to move
• Spanish: zabucar — transitive: to cause to move
• Sranan Tongo: seki — transitive: to cause to move
• Swahili: kutikisa — transitive: to cause to move
• Swedish: skaka — transitive: to cause to move
• Tamil: ஆட்டு (āṭṭu) — transitive: to cause to move
• Thai: เขย่า (kà-yào) — transitive: to cause to move
• Tocharian B: wip- — transitive: to cause to move
• Tongan: lulu — transitive: to cause to move
• Ukrainian: труси́ти (trusýty) — transitive: to cause to move
• Ukrainian: трясти́ (trjastý) — transitive: to cause to move
• Vietnamese: lắc — transitive: to cause to move
• Vietnamese: lay — transitive: to cause to move
• Walloon: scheure — transitive: to cause to move
• Armenian: թափ տալ (tʻapʻ tal) — to move one's head from side to side
• Armenian: թափահարել (tʻapʻaharel) — to move one's head from side to side
• Azerbaijani: bulamaq — to move one's head from side to side
• Bulgarian: клатя (klatja) — to move one's head from side to side
• Dutch: schudden — to move one's head from side to side
• Finnish: pudistaa — to move one's head from side to side
• French: secouer — to move one's head from side to side
• Georgian: გაქნევა (gakneva) — to move one's head from side to side
• German: schütteln — to move one's head from side to side
• Italian: scuotere la testa — to move one's head from side to side
• Khmer: ធ្វើក្បាលងីងើ (tvəə kbaal ŋii-ŋəə) — to move one's head from side to side
• Norwegian: riste — to move one's head from side to side
• Norwegian Bokmål: ryste — to move one's head from side to side
• Portuguese: sacudir a cabeça — to move one's head from side to side
• Portuguese: abanar — to move one's head from side to side
• Swedish: skaka (på) — to move one's head from side to side
• Armenian: սասանել (sasanel) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Azerbaijani: sarsıtmaq — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Bulgarian: разтърсвам (raztǎrsvam) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Danish: ryste — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Danish: chokere — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Dutch: schokken — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Finnish: järkyttää — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• French: secouer — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• German: erschüttern — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Hebrew: זִעְזֵעַ (zi'zéa') — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Hungarian: megráz — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Italian: scuotere — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Italian: scioccare — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Italian: atterrire — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Japanese: 動揺させる (dōyō saseru) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Japanese: 狼狽させる (rōbai saseru) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Latin: commoveō — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Middle English: schaken — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Norwegian Bokmål: ryste — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Polish: wstrząsnąć — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Portuguese: mexer com — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Portuguese: abalar — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Romanian: agita — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Russian: потряса́ть (potrjasátʹ) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Russian: потрясти́ (potrjastí) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Slovene: pretresti — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Spanish: agitar — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Spanish: alterar — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Spanish: afectar — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Spanish: estremecer — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Swedish: skaka — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Ukrainian: потряса́ти (potrjasáty) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Ukrainian: потрясти́ (potrjastý) — transitive: to disturb emotionally
• Armenian: սասանել (sasanel) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Azerbaijani: qurtulmaq — transitive: to lose, evade
• Azerbaijani: silmək — transitive: to lose, evade
• Bulgarian: отърсвам се (otǎrsvam se) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Danish: ryste af sig — transitive: to lose, evade
• Dutch: afschudden — transitive: to lose, evade
• Finnish: karistaa — transitive: to lose, evade
• French: secouer — transitive: to lose, evade
• Japanese: 振り払う (furiharau) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Japanese: 振り落とす (furiotosu) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Japanese: 拭う (nuguu) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Polish: pozbyć się — transitive: to lose, evade
• Portuguese: evadir — transitive: to lose, evade
• Romanian: scăpa — transitive: to lose, evade
• Russian: стря́хивать (strjáxivatʹ) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Russian: стряхну́ть (strjaxnútʹ) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Russian: избавля́ться (izbavljátʹsja) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Russian: изба́виться (izbávitʹsja) — transitive: to lose, evade
• Slovene: otresti se — transitive: to lose, evade
• Swedish: skaka av sig — transitive: to lose, evade
• Arabic: هَزَّ (hazza) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Azerbaijani: sarsılmaq — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Azerbaijani: laxlamaq — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Azerbaijani: titrəmək — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Bulgarian: клатя се (klatja se) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Burmese: လှုပ် (hlup) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Chickasaw: yollichi — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Chinese Mandarin: 哆嗦 (duōsuo) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu, zhàndǒu) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Chinese Mandarin: 發抖 /发抖 (fādǒu) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫慄 /颤栗 (zhànlì) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Chinese Mandarin: 震顫 /震颤 (zhènchàn) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Choctaw: ilhkoli — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Czech: třást — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Danish: rokke — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Finnish: vavista — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Finnish: täristä — intransitive: to move from side to side
• French: se secouer — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Galician: tremer — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Galician: rebillar — intransitive: to move from side to side
• German: schütteln — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Hindi: हिलना (hilnā) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Hungarian: remeg — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Italian: tremare — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Italian: agitarsi — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Japanese: 揺れる (yureru) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Korean: 흔들다 (heundeulda) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Korean: 떨다 (tteolda) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Central Kurdish: شەقاندِنەوە (şeqandinewe) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Ladino: menear — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Malayalam: കുലുങ്ങുക (kuluṅṅuka) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Māori: tīoioi — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Māori: kereū — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Māori: tārurerure — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Māori: ngāruerue — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Māori: ngarue — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Middle English: schaken — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Nahuatl: cuecuexi — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Nahuatl: cuecuechiuia — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Old English: cwacian — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Oromo: kerkeruu — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Portuguese: sacudir — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Portuguese: tremer — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Russian: трясти́сь (trjastísʹ) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Russian: шата́ться (šatátʹsja) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Slovene: tresti se — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Lower Sorbian: tśěsć se — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Swedish: skaka — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Thai: สั่น (sàn) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Tok Pisin: guria — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Ukrainian: трясти́ся (trjastýsja) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Ukrainian: хита́тися (xytátysja) — intransitive: to move from side to side
• Azerbaijani: sıxmaq — intransitive: to shake hands
• Bulgarian: ръкувам се (rǎkuvam se) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Cheyenne: -a'xaót — intransitive: to shake hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 握手 (wòshǒu) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Czech: potřást si rukama — intransitive: to shake hands
• Danish: give hånd på — intransitive: to shake hands
• Dutch: handen schudden — intransitive: to shake hands
• Finnish: kätellä — intransitive: to shake hands
• Finnish: paiskata kättä — intransitive: to shake hands
• French: se serrer la main — intransitive: to shake hands
• French: serrer — intransitive: to shake hands
• German: händeschütteln — intransitive: to shake hands
• German: schütteln — intransitive: to shake hands
• Icelandic: takast í hendur — intransitive: to shake hands
• Italian: stringere la mano — intransitive: to shake hands
• Japanese: 握手する (akushu suru) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Khmer: ចាប់ដៃ — intransitive: to shake hands
• Korean: 악수하다 (aksuhada) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Māori: harirū — intransitive: to shake hands
• Norwegian: handhilse — intransitive: to shake hands
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndhilse — intransitive: to shake hands
• Polish: podać sobie dłonie — intransitive: to shake hands
• Portuguese: cumprimentar-se — intransitive: to shake hands
• Portuguese: apertar (as mãos) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Romanian: da mâna — intransitive: to shake hands
• Russian: пожима́ть (požimátʹ) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Russian: пожа́ть (požátʹ) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Slovene: stresti — intransitive: to shake hands
• Swedish: skaka hand (på) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Ukrainian: поти́снути (potýsnuty) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Ukrainian: поти́скувати (potýskuvaty) — intransitive: to shake hands
• Vietnamese: bắt tay — intransitive: to shake hands
• Finnish: tanssia — intransitive: to dance
• Icelandic: dansa — intransitive: to dance
• Italian: ballare — intransitive: to dance
• Khmer: ញាក់ (ɲeak) — intransitive: to dance
• Norwegian: shake — intransitive: to dance
• Portuguese: abanar-se — intransitive: to dance
• Romanian: dansa — intransitive: to dance
• Swedish: shejka — intransitive: to dance