Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shake out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: shake out
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.

Transitive verb

verb

To unfurl a reef from a sail

Transitive verb

verb

To result or transpire.

verb

To shake one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.

Example Sentences

"Tasks needed to complete Crossrail: [...] Trial run the Class 345s over many thousands of miles on the completed railway to shake out any problems and ensure the highest levels of safety and reliability when passenger service begins."
""Thunder!" he cried. "A week! I can't do that; they'd have the black spot on me by then. The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment; lubbers as couldn't keep what they got, and want to nail what is another's. Is that seamanly behavior, now, I want to know? But I'm a saving soul. I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it neither; and I'll trick 'em again. I'm not afraid on 'em. I'll shake out another reef, matey, and daddle 'em again.""
"We are curious to see how this all shakes out."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

shakes out (present, singular) shaking out (participle, present) shook out (past) shaken out (participle, past)

Questions

What does shake out mean?: To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.

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