Shakes Definition

noun

(plural only) A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.

[Recovering video game addicts] also have sleep disorders, the shakes and numbness in their hands.
When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes.
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Plural form of shake.

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verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shake.

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Shakes Sentence Examples

  • It took a few hard shakes for the man to awaken.

  • It's pushing three weeks now and I hardly ever get the shakes anymore.

  • This hammer is arranged so that when the armature vibrates it gives little blows to the underside of the tube and shakes up the filings.

  • On the coins of the later Roman emperors she is frequently represented holding a cornucopia, from which she shakes her gifts, thereby at the same time in dicating the liberality of the emperor or empress.

  • The pot returns to Olaf and he shakes the dice.

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