Dictionary

shake up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To agitate by shaking.
   • If you shake up a can of cola and then open it, you get an explosion.
2. (transitive) To restore to its original shape by shaking.
3. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To upset or distress (a person).
   • Seeing the car accident really shook her up.
4. (informal, transitive) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
   • The new boss is going to shake things up, so be aware.

Forms

Translations (32)

de erschüttern (to upset or distress) · cmn 動搖 /动摇 (to upset or distress) · sv skaka om (to agitate by shaking) · fr réorganiser (to reorganize or reform) · de tiefgreifend verändern (to reorganize or reform) · de umkrempeln (to reorganize or reform) · de von Grund auf ändern (to reorganize or reform) · cmn 搖晃 /摇晃 (to agitate by shaking) · ja 動揺する (to upset or distress) · ja 振る (to agitate by shaking) · fi ravistaa (to agitate by shaking) · it riformare (to reorganize or reform) · es reformar (to reorganize or reform) · pt reformar (to reorganize or reform) · it riorganizzare (to reorganize or reform) · fi järkyttää (to upset or distress) · la suscitō (to agitate by shaking) · de aus der Fassung bringen (to upset or distress) · de schütteln (to agitate by shaking) · bg друсам (to agitate by shaking) · de aufschütteln (to agitate by shaking) · ca reformar (to reorganize or reform) · de durcheinander wirbeln (to agitate by shaking) · es reorganizar (to reorganize or reform) · de aus den Fugen bringen (to upset or distress) · de umhauen (to upset or distress) · pt reorganizar (to reorganize or reform) · it stressare (to upset or distress) · fr reformer (to reorganize or reform) · sv skaka om (to reorganize or reform) · de völlig durcheinanderbringen (to upset or distress) · de aufrütteln (to agitate by shaking)