Australian English Meaning of shakedown
shakedown
Other Australian English words related to shakedown
- beat
- Bleed
- cheating
- do
- hustle
- pluck
- rip-off
- screw
- squeeze
- stick
- sting
- betray
- bilk
- Chisel
- swindle
- con
- cheat
- deceive
- defraud
- swindle
- euchre
- exploit
- fiddle
- fleece
- flimflam
- gaff
- Hose
- fine
- knot
- ream
- rook
- short
- skin
- skunk
- stiff
- swindle
- thimble-rigging
- trick
- victimize
- spanner
- Con
- Shortchange
- take for a ride
- Take to the dry cleaners
- bamboozle
- clip
- double cross
- dupe
- extort
- gouge
- Seagull
- milk
- Nick
- overcharge
- soak
- wrestle
- wring
- rope (in)
Nearest Words of shakedown
Definitions and Meaning of shakedown in English
shakedown (n)
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
a very thorough search of a person or a place
extortion of money (as by blackmail)
shakedown (a)
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
shakedown (n.)
A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
FAQs About the word shakedown
shakedown
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state, a very thorough search of a person or a place, extor
beat,Bleed,cheating,do,hustle,pluck,rip-off,screw,squeeze,stick
No antonyms found.
shakeable => wobbly, shake up => shake-up, shake off => shake off, shake hands => shake hands, shake => shake,
