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outshake

verb

Etymology

From out- + shake.

  1. derived from *(s)keg-✻
  2. inherited from *skakaną✻ — “to shake, swing, escape”
  3. inherited from *skakan✻
  4. inherited from sċeacan
  5. inherited from schaken
  6. prefixed as outshake — “out + shake”

Definitions

  1. To surpass in shaking

    To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.

    • The Baby Grand Cafe is offering Rose Hardaway $1,500 to dance against La Bommie for the title of "Shake Dance Queen of '52." Bets are 7-5 that Bommie can outshake her.
    • “She may even match them ; be fun to see which could outshake the other.”

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA