beshake

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verb

To shake roughly or violently.

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Meanings

verbbeshake (third-person singular simple present beshakes, present participle beshaking, simple past beshook, past participle beshaken)

present singular third person beshakes · participle present beshaking · past beshook · participle past beshaken

  1. transitiveTo shake roughly or violently.

    Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?"

    1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When mayflowers blossom: a romance of Plymouth's first years - Page 350

Origin

From be- + shake.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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