shake vs tenth

shake

noun
  • A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. 

  • A crack or split between the growth rings in wood. 

  • The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion. 

  • Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana. 

  • An adulterant added to cocaine powder. 

  • A milkshake. 

  • A fissure in rock or earth. 

  • A shook of staves and headings. 

  • A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc. 

  • A twitch, a spasm, a tremor. 

  • Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.) 

  • One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. 

  • The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. 

  • A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float. 

  • A shock or disturbance. 

  • In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato. 

  • A thin shingle. 

verb
  • To give a tremulous tone to; to trill. 

  • To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion. 

  • To dance. 

  • To lose, evade, or get rid of (something). 

  • To threaten to overthrow. 

  • To disturb emotionally; to shock. 

  • To be agitated; to lose firmness. 

  • To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. 

  • To shake hands. 

  • To move from side to side. 

  • To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval. 

tenth

noun
  • The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. 

  • The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. 

  • One of ten equal parts of a whole. 

  • A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject. 

verb
  • To divide by ten, into tenths. 

adj
  • Being one of ten equal parts of a whole. 

  • The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth. 

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