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shake a cloth in the wind

shake a cloth in the wind verb: to be tipsy (but not really drunk).

Verb

shake a cloth in the wind (third-person singular simple present shakes a cloth in the wind, present participle shaking a cloth in the wind, simple past shook a cloth in the wind, past participle shaken a cloth in the wind)

  1. (obsolete) To be tipsy (but not really drunk).

Forms of shake a cloth in the wind

third-person singular presentshakes a cloth in the wind
present participleshaking a cloth in the wind
pastshook a cloth in the wind
past participleshaken a cloth in the wind

Questions about shake a cloth in the wind

What does shake a cloth in the wind mean?
Shake a cloth in the wind means to be tipsy (but not really drunk).
What part of speech is shake a cloth in the wind?
Shake a cloth in the wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake a cloth in the wind?
The past tense of shake a cloth in the wind is shook a cloth in the wind.

Words near shake a cloth in the wind in the dictionary

  1. shakas
  2. shakdo
  3. shake
  4. shake 'n bake
  5. shake 'n' bake
  6. shake a cloth in the wind
  7. shake a leg
  8. shake a stick at
  9. shake and bake
  10. shake and bakes
  11. shake down

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