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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overshake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-shake
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shake too much.

verb

To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From over- + shake.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overshakes (present, singular) overshaking (participle, present) overshook (past) overshaken (participle, past)

Questions

What does overshake mean?
To shake too much.
Where does overshake come from?
From over- + shake.

How to pronounce overshake

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