atshake

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verb

To flee away; escape.

OriginMiddle English atscheaken →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

verbatshake (third-person singular simple present atshakes, present participle atshaking, simple past atshook, past participle atshaken)

present singular third person atshakes · participle present atshaking · past atshook · participle past atshaken

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleterareTo flee away; escape.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishatscheaken
  2. Englishatshake

From Middle English atscheaken, atsceken, equivalent to at- + shake. Compare ashake.

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APA

atshake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atshake

MLA

“atshake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atshake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atshake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atshake.

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