Definitions for shakedown

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shakedown shake·down

Spelling: [sheyk-doun]

IPA: /ˈʃeɪkˌdaʊn/

Shakedown is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 479 anagrams from letters in shakedown (adehknosw).

Definitions for shakedown

noun

1. extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
2. a thorough search:
3. a bed, as of straw or blankets, spread on the floor.
4. any makeshift bed.
5. the act or process of shaking down.
6. Also called shakedown cruise, shakedown flight. a cruise or flight intended to prepare a new vessel or aircraft for regular service by accustoming the crew to its features and peculiarities, breaking in and adjusting machinery, etc.

Origin of shakedown

First recorded in 1490-1500; noun, adj. use of verb phrase shake down

Examples for shakedown

There is still time for one more non-Mitt to get his shakedown cruise, even before Iowa.

"He said he'd beg a shakedown at your house, Violet," George interrupted.

This money is yours—and you will have a shakedown for the night—only on condition that you stick to what you've said.

He walked absently through the not-unpleasant routine of the shakedown.

Lies, Forstmann tells Charlie Gasparino exclusively, from a "shakedown artist."

You and I are to sleep here, Mary,” she said, “and Peter is to have a shakedown in the sitting-room.

We'll scare you up a shakedown to sleep on and you're welcome as welcome.

I assure you, my dear friends, it's a shakedown fit for a prince!

There was to be a cruiser waiting at Bremerton for a shakedown cruise.

I'll come in later, and if they'll make me a shakedown, I'll stay with you to-night.