"footshake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: footshakes [plural]
Etymology: foot + shake Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|shake}} foot + shake Head templates: {{en-noun}} footshake (plural footshakes)
  1. A shake of the foot, possibly imitating a handshake.
    Sense id: en-footshake-en-noun-~gN8AdVs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000, Hayford Peirce, Chap Foey Rider: Capitalist to the Stars, page 76",
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          "ref": "2010, Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know, page 205",
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