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Shakedown — may refer to: * Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation * Shakedown (testing), a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft * Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal… … Wikipedia
shakedown — shake‧down [ˈʆeɪkdaʊn] also shake down noun [countable] 1. a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective: • The company is expected to enter its final shakedown phase by the middle of September … Financial and business terms
Shakedown 2 — Album par Freemasons Sortie 29 juin 2009 … Wikipédia en Français
Shakedown — Shake down , n. A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shakedown — index blackmail Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
shakedown — (n.) 1730, impromptu bed made upon loose straw, from SHAKE (Cf. shake) (v.) + DOWN (Cf. down). Figurative verbal sense of blackmail, extort is attested from 1872, noun meaning a thorough search is from 1914; both probably from the notion of… … Etymology dictionary
shakedown — [shāk′doun΄] n. 1. a crude, makeshift bed, as a pallet of straw ☆ 2. Slang an extortion of money, as by blackmail ☆ 3. a thorough search of a person or place adj. ☆ for testing the performance or operational characteristics or acclimating the… … English World dictionary
Shakedown — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Shakedown Produktionsland USA … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shakedown! — Infobox Album | Name = Shakedown! Type = Album Artist = TheStart Released = July 24, 2001 Recorded = 1999 2000 Genre = Rock Length = 39:55 Label = Geffen Producer = Josh Abraham Reviews = Shakedown! is the debut album by TheStart. The album was… … Wikipedia
shakedown — shake|down [ˈʃeıkdaun] n 1.) AmE informal when someone gets money from another person by using threats ▪ a Mafia shakedown 2.) AmE informal a thorough search of a place or a person ▪ No weapons were found during the shakedown. 3.) a period of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Shakedown — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Shakedown a plusieurs significations : Shakedown est un événement de snowboard. Shakedown est une séance de mise au point précédant les premières… … Wikipédia en Français
