Home › Words › T › toshaketoshaketoshake means to shake violently; shake to pieces.EtymologyFrom Middle English toshaken, from Old English *tōsceacan, *tōscacan, equivalent to to- + shake.verbTo shake violently; shake to pieces.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.toshiver 77% match — To break in pieces. vs toshake →beshake 76% match — To shake roughly or violently. vs toshake →toshend 72% match — To ruin completely; destroy. vs toshake →tofrush 70% match — To break or dash to pieces. vs toshake →todash 70% match — To strike violently; dash to pieces. vs toshake →toquake 67% match — To quake or tremble exceedingly. vs toshake →toquash 66% match — To beat or crush to pieces. vs toshake →rog 64% match — To shake. vs toshake →