Verb | 1. | shake up - shock physically; 'Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game' bump around, jar move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; 'Move those boxes into the corner, please'; 'I'm moving my money to another bank'; 'The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant' |
2. | shake up - organize anew; 'We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under' organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea retool, revise - revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; 'We must retool the town's economy' | |
3. | shake up - shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; 'The chemist shook the flask vigorously'; 'My hands were shaking' | |
4. | shake up - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; 'These stories shook the community'; 'the civil war shook the country' arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); 'arouse pity'; 'raise a smile'; 'evoke sympathy' fuel - stimulate; 'fuel the debate on creationism' sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse - stimulate sexually; 'This movie usually arouses the male audience' affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; 'The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me'; 'Ghosts could never affright her' thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; 'he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine' invite, tempt - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; 'the window displays tempted the shoppers' elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; 'Music can uplift your spirits' animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt - heighten or intensify; 'These paintings exalt the imagination' titillate - excite pleasurably or erotically; 'A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine' | |
5. | shake up - change the arrangement or position of scramble, beat - stir vigorously; 'beat the egg whites'; 'beat the cream' rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of poke - stir by poking; 'poke the embers in the fireplace' move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; 'Move those boxes into the corner, please'; 'I'm moving my money to another bank'; 'The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant' | |
6. | shake up - make fuller by shaking; 'fluff up the pillows' shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; 'The chemist shook the flask vigorously'; 'My hands were shaking' |