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shake it

shake it verb: to dance.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To dance.

Forms of shake it

third-person singular presentshakes it
present participleshaking it
pastshook it
past participleshaken it

Questions about shake it

What does shake it mean?
Shake it means to dance.
What part of speech is shake it?
Shake it is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake it?
The past tense of shake it is shook it.

Words near shake it in the dictionary

  1. shake hands with the milkman
  2. shake hands with the unemployed
  3. shake hole
  4. shake in one's boots
  5. shake in one's shoes
  6. shake it
  7. shake it up
  8. shake like a leaf
  9. shake map
  10. shake maps
  11. shake off

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