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1. : an improvised bed (such as one made up on the floor) 2. : a boisterous dance. 3. : an act or instance of shaking someone down. especially : extortion. 4. : a thorough search.
SHAKEDOWN meaning: 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.
SHAKEDOWN definition: 1. the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them 2. a careful search…. Learn more.
A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning. Serving as a test of a new product or model, especially of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft: a shakedown cruise; a shakedown flight. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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”.
If an organization or system is given a shakedown, it is thoroughly reorganized in order to make it more efficient.
