| NOUN | event | shakedown | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
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| act | shakedown | a very thorough search of a person or a place | |
| act | shakedown | extortion of money (as by blackmail) | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | shakedown | intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system |
| Sounds | shey'kdaw.n | |
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| Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... | |
| Meaning | Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system. | |
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| Example | "a shakedown cruise" | |
| Nouns | shakedown | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
| Meaning | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state. | |
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| Example | "the new industry's economic shakedown" | |
| Broader | adjustment, accommodation, fitting | making or becoming suitable |
| Adjectives | shakedown | intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system |
| Meaning | A very thorough search of a person or a place. | |
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| Example | "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" | |
| Broader | search, hunt, hunting | The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Meaning | extortion of money (as by blackmail). | |
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| Broader | extortion | The felonious act of extorting money (as by threats / threats of violence) |
| Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
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