Australian English Meaning of shaking down
shaking down
Other Australian English words related to shaking down
- beating
- bleeding
- cheating
- doing
- hustling
- plucking
- doing
- squeezing
- sticky
- stinging
- doing in
- ripping off
- betraying
- swindle
- chiseling
- chiselling
- knuffing <br>
- deceptive
- Defrauding
- fiddling
- fleece
- having a laugh
- gaffing
- mulcting
- reaming
- rook
- skinning
- swindle
- tricking
- victimising
- conning
- deceitful
- diddling
- euchring
- exploiting
- scamming
- hose
- Hindering
- Selling a bill of goods to
- short-changing
- shorting
- stiffness
- swindle
- Taking for a ride
- Taking to the dry cleaners
- cuttings
- duping
- extorting
- gouging
- swindling
- milking
- grooving
- soaking
- wrenching
- wrestling
- wringing
- whinging
- overcharging
- roping (in)
- Skunking
Nearest Words of shaking down
Definitions and Meaning of shaking down in English
shaking down
to make a thorough search of, a testing under operating conditions of something new (as a ship) for possible faults or for the operators to become more familiar with it, a process or period of adjustment, a testing under operating conditions of something new (such as a ship) for possible faults and defects and for familiarizing the operators with it, an improvised bed (such as one made up on the floor), a thorough search, to bring about a reduction of, an act or instance of shaking someone down, to settle down, to take up temporary quarters, a boisterous dance, to become accustomed especially to new surroundings or duties, to obtain money from in a deceitful, contemptible, or illegal manner, to give a shakedown test to, extortion, to occupy an improvised or makeshift bed
FAQs About the word shaking down
shaking down
to make a thorough search of, a testing under operating conditions of something new (as a ship) for possible faults or for the operators to become more familiar
beating,bleeding,cheating,doing,hustling,plucking,doing,squeezing,sticky,stinging
No antonyms found.
shaking a leg => dancing, shake-ups => shake-ups, shakes down => shakes down, shakes => shakes, shakeouts => shakeouts,
