adj
Meaning 1
That tests the performance of a ship or aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
shakedown
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/
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CMU ARPABET: SH EY1 K D AW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Extortion, especially through blackmail
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- What is this, a shakedown?
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noun
Meaning 3
A thorough search; a frisk
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
An improvised bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 6
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a shakedown cruise
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noun
Meaning 7
extortion of money (as by blackmail)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: extortion
noun
Meaning 8
a very thorough search of a person or a place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs
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Broader terms: search, hunt, hunting
noun
Meaning 9
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the new industry's economic shakedown
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: adjustment, accommodation, fitting
History
Etymology
Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: test- — that tests the performance
- German: probe- — that tests the performance
- German: Durchsuchung — a thorough search
- German: Razzia — a thorough search
- German: Filzung — a thorough search
- Russian: о́быск (óbysk) — a thorough search
- German: Probebetrieb — trial or test period
- German: Versuchsbetrieb — trial or test period
- German: Testbetrieb — trial or test period
- Chinese Mandarin: 地鋪 /地铺 (dìpù) — an improvised bed
- German: Klappbett — an improvised bed
- German: Gästebett — an improvised bed
- German: Liege — an improvised bed
- German: Notlager — an improvised bed
- Irish: sráideog — an improvised bed
- Polish: barłóg — an improvised bed
- Polish: legowisko — an improvised bed
- Polish: leże — an improvised bed
- Polish: siennik — an improvised bed
- Polish: wyro — an improvised bed
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