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overshake

overshake verb: to shake too much.

Verb

overshake (third-person singular simple present overshakes, present participle overshaking, simple past overshook, past participle overshaken)

  1. To shake too much.
    • Always shake hands at a job interview, but try not to overshake.
  2. (obsolete) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Forms of overshake

third-person singular presentovershakes
present participleovershaking
pastovershook
past participleovershaken

Origin of overshake

From over- + shake.

Questions about overshake

What does overshake mean?
Overshake means to shake too much.
What part of speech is overshake?
Overshake is a verb.
What is the past tense of overshake?
The past tense of overshake is overshook.

Words near overshake in the dictionary

  1. overshadowingly
  2. overshadowings
  3. overshadowment
  4. overshadows
  5. overshadowy
  6. overshake
  7. overshaken
  8. overshakes
  9. overshaking
  10. overshampoo
  11. overshampooed

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