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outshake

outshake verb: to surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.

Verb

outshake (third-person singular simple present outshakes, present participle outshaking, simple past outshook, past participle outshaken)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
    • 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
    • “She may even match them ; be fun to see which could outshake the other.”1988, Peggy O'More, Seacliff Nurse, page 152

Forms of outshake

third-person singular presentoutshakes
present participleoutshaking
pastoutshook
past participleoutshaken

Origin of outshake

From out- + shake.

Questions about outshake

What does outshake mean?
Outshake means to surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
What part of speech is outshake?
Outshake is a verb.
What is the past tense of outshake?
The past tense of outshake is outshook.

Words near outshake in the dictionary

  1. outsews
  2. outshadow
  3. outshadowed
  4. outshadowing
  5. outshadows
  6. outshake
  7. outshaken
  8. outshakes
  9. outshaking
  10. outshame
  11. outshamed

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