shaker
US/ˈʃeɪkɚ/
shaker noun: a person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
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Noun (1)
shaker (plural shakers)
- A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
- A variety of pigeon.
- One who holds railroad spikes while they are hammered.
- A musical percussion instrument filled with granular solids which produce a rhythmic sound when shaken.
- Jocelyn played the shakers while her boyfriend played the acoustic guitar.
- A kind of straight-sided, stackable glass for beer, soda, etc.
Noun (2) capitalized: Shaker
Shaker (plural Shakers)
- One of a Christian Protestant religious sect who do not marry.
- Synonyms:
- Shaking Quaker
Adjective capitalized: Shaker
Shaker (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a distinctive style of furniture developed by the Shakers, characterised by functionality and minimalist designs.
Proper noun capitalized: Shaker
Shaker
- A surname.
shaker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shaker in Hindi
- शेकर
shaker in Tamil
- உலுக்கி
shaker in Marathi
- शेकर, शॅकर
shaker in Urdu
- شیکر
More languagesFewer languages
- shaker in Bengali
- শেকার, শ্যাকার
- shaker in Telugu
- షేకర్
- shaker in Malayalam
- ഷേക്കർ, ഷാക്കർ
- shaker in Kannada
- ಶೇಕರ್, ಷೇಕರ್, ಶ್ಯಾಕರ್
- shaker in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੈਕਰ
- shaker in Gujarati
- શેકર, શૅકર
- shaker in Odia
- ଶେକର୍, ଶେକର
- shaker in Nepali
- शेकर
Examples of shaker in a sentence
- He really is a mover and a shaker in those circles.
- My mother has a very phallic salt shaker.
- The sales team sought to talk to the movers and shakers within an organization, rather than to their underlings.
Synonyms of shaker
Forms of shaker
| plural | shakers |
|---|---|
| plural | Shakers |
Origin of shaker
From shake + -er.
From shake + -er, from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
From Arabic.
Words formed from shaker
- Shakerdom
- Shakeress
- Shaker Heights
- Shakerish
- Shakerism
- Shakerlike
- Shaker cabinet
- Shaker door
- Shaker kitchen
- boneshaker
- bone-shaker
- cocktail shaker
- dice shaker
- earthshaker
- hallanshaker
- handshaker
- hand shaker
- hand-shaker
- minishaker
- mover and shaker
- paint shaker
- peppershaker
- pepper shaker
- salad shaker
- salt shaker
- saltshaker
- shakerful
- shaker-upper
- shale shaker
- soap shaker
- stick shaker
- thermoshaker
- white dog shaker syndrome
Phrases with shaker
Words that rhyme with shaker
6 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about shaker
- What does shaker mean?
- Shaker means a person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
- What is shaker in Hindi?
- Shaker in Hindi is शेकर. See Shaker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shaker?
- Shaker can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shaker?
- Shaker is pronounced /ˈʃeɪkɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of shaker?
- The plural of shaker is shakers.
Words near shaker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shaker (page history and authors); Shaker (page history and authors); shaker (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shaker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shaker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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