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shake

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"Quiver"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃeɪk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aehksStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. move with or as if with a tremor

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The earthquake shook the building.
  • He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.
  • Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Quiver5 letters
02Tremble5 letters

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