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SHAKEDOWN

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• SHAKEDOWN (noun)
The noun SHAKEDOWN has 3 senses:

1. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
2. a very thorough search of a person or a place
3. extortion of money (as by blackmail)

Familiarity information: SHAKEDOWN used as a noun is uncommon.

• SHAKEDOWN (adjective)
The adjective SHAKEDOWN has 1 sense:

1. intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

Familiarity information: SHAKEDOWN used as an adjective is very rare.

• SHAKEDOWN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

the new industry's economic shakedown

Hypernyms ("shakedown" is a kind of...):

accommodation; adjustment; fitting (making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A very thorough search of a person or a place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs

Hypernyms ("shakedown" is a kind of...):

hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Extortion of money (as by blackmail)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shakedown" is a kind of...):

extortion (the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence))

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

• SHAKEDOWN (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a shakedown cruise

Pertainym:

shakedown (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state)

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
(English proverb)
"Five minutes of health comfort the ill one"
(Breton proverb)
"Human thinks and God plans."
(Arabic proverb)
"Money sticks to another money."
(Croatian proverb)

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