shakedown
11Shakedown — 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… …
12shakedown — /shayk down /, n. 1. extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence. 2. a thorough search: a shakedown of prison cells to uncover hidden drugs. 3. a bed, as of straw or blankets, spread on the floor. 4. any makeshift bed. 5. the act or process …
13shakedown — UK [ˈʃeɪkˌdaʊn] / US noun [countable] Word forms shakedown : singular shakedown plural shakedowns informal 1) a test of something new, for example a new system, vehicle, or machine The accident happened during a shakedown race last season. 2)… …
14shakedown — {n.} 1. A test. * /Let s take the new car out and give it a shakedown./ 2. An act of extorting money by threatening. * /It was a nasty shakedown, to get $500 from the old man, promising to protect him./ …
15shakedown — {n.} 1. A test. * /Let s take the new car out and give it a shakedown./ 2. An act of extorting money by threatening. * /It was a nasty shakedown, to get $500 from the old man, promising to protect him./ …
16shakedown — [ ʃeɪkdaʊn] (D; tr.) to shakedown from (to shakedown fruit down from a tree) …
17shakedown — noun 1. A test. Let s take the new car out and give it a shakedown. 2. An act of extorting money by threatening. It was a nasty shakedown, to get $500 from the old man, promising to protect him …
18shakedown — [[t]ʃe͟ɪkdaʊn[/t]] shakedowns 1) N COUNT If an organization or system is given a shakedown, it is thoroughly reorganized in order to make it more efficient. 2) N COUNT A shakedown of a boat, plane, or car is its final test before it starts to be… …
19shakedown — n. an act of extortion. (Underworld.) □ Mary was giving Bruno the shakedown, so he tried to put her out of the ay. □ Those bums are masters at the shakedown …
20shakedown — 1. noun a) Extortion, especially through blackmail What is this, a shakedown? b) A thorough search; a frisk 2. adjective that tests the …
