Scrabble & Words with friends points
- shakes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
- shakes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
- shakes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of shakes
- move back and forth or sideways (verb)
Synonyms
- rock
- sway
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it (noun)
Synonyms
- trill
- move or cause to move back and forth (verb)
Synonyms
- agitate
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) (noun)
Synonyms
- handclasp
- handshake
- handshaking
- building material used as siding or roofing (noun)
Synonyms
- shingle
- move with or as if with a tremor (verb)
Synonyms
- didder
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side (noun)
Synonyms
- wag
- waggle
- get rid of (verb)
Examples
- I couldn't shake the car that was following me
Synonyms
- escape from
- shake off
- throw off
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream (noun)
Synonyms
- milk shake
- milkshake
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively (verb)
Synonyms
- judder
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of (verb)
Synonyms
- excite
- shake up
- stimulate
- stir
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement (noun)
Synonyms
- shiver
- tremble
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking (verb)
Examples
- He was shaken from his dreams
- shake the salt out of the salt shaker
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state (verb)
Examples
- shake one's head
- Don't shake your fist at me!
- undermine or cause to waver (verb)
Examples
- my faith has been shaken
See definition of shakes in Merriam Webster