English–Esperanto dictionary

Esperanto translation of the English word shake

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(jerk; jolt)
ekskui
(lurch)
skuiĝi
🔗 Brad Smith lives 50 miles away and he felt his house shake from the explosion.
(trill)
(shock; agitate; rock)
🔗 She shook her head.
(rock; unsettle)
in a shake
(before you know it; in a twinkling; off‐hand; before you can say Jack Robinson; before you could say Jack Robinson; in a brace of shakes; in a jiffy; in the twinkling of an eye; in two shakes; in two shakes of a lamb’s tail)		 (
post momenteto
)
in two shakes
(before you know it; in a twinkling; off‐hand; before you can say Jack Robinson; before you could say Jack Robinson; in a brace of shakes; in a jiffy; in a shake; in the twinkling of an eye; in two shakes of a lamb’s tail)		 (
post momenteto
)
in two shakes of a lamb’s tail
(before you know it; in a twinkling; off‐hand; before you can say Jack Robinson; before you could say Jack Robinson; in a brace of shakes; in a jiffy; in a shake; in the twinkling of an eye; in two shakes)		 (
post momenteto
)
milk shake
shake hands
shake off
forskui
shake one’s head
manpremi iun
🔗 President Nixon made the first gesture of peace by shaking the premier’s hand, which former secretary of state John Foster Dulles had refused to do in 1954.
handshake
(grip)
shake‐down
(exaction; extortion; enforcement)
shake‐down
(rip‐off; swindle)
(uncertain; doubtful; dubious; precarious)
🔗 What’s more, while relying on the US may have seemed a safe bet a few years ago, it’s looking increasingly shaky under a Trump administration that’s shown no hesitation in wielding its economic might against both foes and allies.
(faltering; hesitant)
ŝanceliĝa