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say it: shayk
shake is a verb and noun meaning "move or cause to move back and forth". It is pronounced /ˈʃeɪk/ — shayk. It carries 15 recorded senses.
get rid of
“I couldn't shake the car that was following me”
bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
“He was shaken from his dreams”
“shake the salt out of the salt shaker”
shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
“shake one's head”
“She shook her finger at the naughty students”
“The old enemies shook hands”
“Don't shake your fist at me!”
building material used as siding or roofing
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
contract
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shake come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.