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- Dictionaryshakedown/ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/
noun
- 1. another term for shake-up
- 2. a thorough search of a person or place: "bureaucracy and shakedowns by the authorities are a constant hassle"
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SHAKEDOWN definition: 1. the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them 2. a careful search…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHAKEDOWN is an improvised bed (such as one made up on the floor). How to use shakedown in a sentence.
noun. extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence. a thorough search: a shakedown of prison cells to uncover hidden drugs. a bed, as of straw or blankets, spread on the floor. any makeshift bed. the act or process of shaking down.
SHAKEDOWN meaning: 1. the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them 2. a careful search…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a crude, makeshift bed, as a pallet of straw. 2. US, Slang. an extortion of money, as by blackmail. 3. US. a thorough search of a person or place. adjective US. 4. for testing the performance or operational characteristics or acclimating the personnel. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
1. Slang Extortion of money, as by blackmail. 2. Slang A thorough search of a place or person. 3. A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning. adj. Serving as a test of a new product or model, especially of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft: a shakedown cruise; a shakedown flight.
noun. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state. “the new industry's economic shakedown ” see more. adjective. intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system. “a shakedown cruise” Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Shakedown."
Definition of shakedown noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If an organization or system is given a shakedown, it is thoroughly reorganized in order to make it more efficient. 2. A shakedown of a boat, plane, or car is its final test before it starts to be used.
A thorough search of a person or place. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning. American Heritage. Similar definitions. An improvised bed. Wiktionary. Synonyms: purge. probe. inquiry. the squeeze. badger-game. blackmail. exhortation. search. frisk.
