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shake and bakes

shake and bakes is the plural of shake and bake.

Meaning of shake and bake

Noun

shake and bake (plural shake and bakes)

  1. (informal) Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude object or action.
    • Yet, until the last few decades of the twentieth century, the approach that Levi describes, which chemists like to call ‘shake and bake’, was often the best they could do.2001, Philip Ball, Molecules: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2003, page 24
  2. (US, historical, slang) A non-commissioned officer with little experience, qualified through a special course.

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Questions about shake and bakes

What is shake and bakes the plural of?
Shake and bakes is the plural of shake and bake.

Words near shake and bakes in the dictionary

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

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