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The meaning of SHAKEDOWN is an improvised bed (such as one made up on the floor). How to use shakedown in a sentence.
SHAKEDOWN meaning: 1. the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them 2. a careful search…. Learn more.
SHAKEDOWN definition: 1. the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them 2. a careful search…. Learn more.
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.
Serving as a test of a new product or model, especially of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft: a shakedown cruise; a shakedown flight.
Shakedown or Shake Down may refer to: Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation. Shakedown (testing) or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft before being declared operational. Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal gain.
1. countable noun. If an organization or system is given a shakedown, it is thoroughly reorganized in order to make it more efficient. 2. countable noun. A shakedown of a boat, plane, or car is its final test before it starts to be used. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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."
Synonyms for SHAKE DOWN: cheat, squeeze, pluck, sting, hustle, stick, beat, screw, rip off, do.
verb (adverb) 1. to fall or settle or cause to fall or settle by shaking. 2. (transitive) US slang. to extort money from, esp by blackmail or threats of violence. 3. (transitive) US slang. to search thoroughly. 4. (transitive) informal, mainly US. to submit (a vessel, etc) to a shakedown test.
