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shake-up

shake-up is the alternative spelling of shakeup.

Meaning of shakeup

Noun

shakeup (plural shakeups)

  1. A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.

Forms of shake-up

pluralshake-ups

Origin of shake-up

Deverbal from shake up.

Questions about shake-up

What is shake-up the alternative spelling of?
Shake-up is the alternative spelling of shakeup.

Words near shake-up in the dictionary

  1. shake-a-leg
  2. shake-and-bake
  3. shake-and-bakes
  4. shake-down
  5. shake-downs
  6. shake-up
  7. shake-ups
  8. shakeable
  9. shaked
  10. shakedown
  11. shakedowns

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