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shake a stick at

shake a stick at verb: disparage; rail against.

Verb

shake a stick at (third-person singular simple present shakes a stick at, present participle shaking a stick at, simple past shook a stick at, past participle shaken a stick at)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) Disparage; rail against.
    • you can't shake a stick at it
    • you can't shake a stick at that

Forms of shake a stick at

third-person singular presentshakes a stick at
present participleshaking a stick at
pastshook a stick at
past participleshaken a stick at

Words formed from shake a stick at

Questions about shake a stick at

What does shake a stick at mean?
Shake a stick at means disparage; rail against.
What part of speech is shake a stick at?
Shake a stick at is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake a stick at?
The past tense of shake a stick at is shook a stick at.

Words near shake a stick at in the dictionary

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

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