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verboutshake (third-person singular simple present outshakes, present participle outshaking, simple past outshook, past participle outshaken)
present singular third person outshakes · participle present outshaking · past outshook · participle past outshaken
- transitiveTo surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
“She may even match them ; be fun to see which could outshake the other.”
1988, Peggy O'More, Seacliff Nurse, page 1521 more example
The Baby Grand Cafe is offering Rose Hardaway $1,500 to dance against La Bommie for the title of "Shake Dance Queen of '52." Bets are 7-5 that Bommie can outshake her.
1952, Jet, volume 2, number 16, page 65
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outshake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshake.
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