Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
shakedown (noun)1.
an improvised bed (as one made up on the floor)
2.
a boisterous dance
3.
an act or instance of someone down - shaking , especially - extortion
4.
a thorough search
5.
a process or period of adjustment
6.
a testing under operating conditions of something new (as a ship) for possible faults and defects and for familiarizing the operators with it
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Shakedown (Wikipedia)
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Shakedown or Shake Down may refer to:
- Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation
- Shakedown (testing) or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft before being declared operational
- Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal gain
- A colloquial term for an inspection for contraband inside a prison
- An English term for kuzushi techniques of various Japanese martial arts, which literally means shaking down the opponent
Shakedown (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- shake-down
Etymology
Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/
Noun
shakedown (plural shakedowns)
- (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
- (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
- A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.
- An improvised bed.
Breakdown, Deconstruction, Separation, Trimming, Processing