Boost your vocab and unleash your potential!

Smart Search Learn a New Word
shakedown
/'ʃeɪk,daʊn/
Synonyms of shakedown Antonyms of shakedown Examples of shakedown Usage of shakedown Parts of shakedown Definition that contains shakedown Words sounding like shakedown Explanation of shakedown

Recently viewed words:
Definitions of shakedown
  1. noun
    a very thorough search of a person or a place
    "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
    type of:
    search hunt hunting
  2. noun
    extortion of money (as by blackmail)
    type of:
    extortion
  3. noun
    initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
    "the new industry's economic shakedown"
  4. intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
    "a shakedown cruise"
Usage of shakedown
  • "jargon"
  • "vernacular"
  • "lingo"
  • "cant"
  • "patois"
  • "argot"
  • "slang"
My lists:
Recently viewed words: