1. shakes - Noun
2. shakes - Verb
shakes
plural of shake
(plural only) A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.
[Recovering video game addicts] also have sleep disorders, the shakes and numbness in their hands. [1]
When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. [2]
(informal) A fit of trembling or shivering.
shakes
third-person singular simple present indicative of shake
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down. George Eliot
Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically. Jean Cocteau
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. Anaïs Nin
Not all that shakes falls. Italian Proverb
When a greek shakes your hand, count your fingers after. Albanian Proverb
The awakening of a giant shakes the world. Arabic Proverb