verb
Meaning 1
To shake with vigor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
succuss
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verb
Meaning 2
To shake with vigor.
To shake a patient to detect fluids or air in the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
Meaning 3
shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shake up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shake, agitate
History
Etymology
From Latin succutere (“to shake up”), from sub- + quatere (“to shake”).