"shaker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃeɪkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shaker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shakers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skek-der. Proto-Germanic *skakaną Proto-West Germanic *skakan Old English sċacan Middle English schaken English shake English -er English shaker From shake + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|shake|-er|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skek-der. Proto-Germanic *skakaną Proto-West Germanic *skakan Old English sċacan Middle English schaken English shake English -er English shaker [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*skek-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*skakaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*skakan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "sċacan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "schaken", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "shake", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "shaker", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="shaker"> From shake + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaker (plural shakers)
  1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
    Sense id: en-shaker-en-noun-~xidwkKA
  2. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
    A container from which granular condiments are shaken so as to be sprinkled onto food.
    Synonyms: cruet, caster
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  3. A variety of pigeon.
    Sense id: en-shaker-en-noun-8~ghPx9~
  4. One who holds railroad spikes while they are hammered.
    Sense id: en-shaker-en-noun-rdDH0~tm Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Russian translations, Columbids Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 8 19 2 43 18 10 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 12 22 2 38 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 13 23 2 37 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 13 23 2 37 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 8 20 2 43 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 19 1 43 22 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 19 3 43 18 8 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 18 3 43 20 7 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 15 21 3 37 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 19 3 44 19 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 19 4 33 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 19 4 33 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 19 4 33 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 20 4 36 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 20 4 36 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 19 4 33 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 9 19 3 37 24 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 18 23 4 29 19 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 20 4 36 25 8 Disambiguation of Columbids: 4 15 17 44 16 4
  5. A musical percussion instrument filled with granular solids which produce a rhythmic sound when shaken. Translations (musical percussion instrument): sacsejador [masculine] (Catalan), シェイカー (sheikā) (Japanese), 셰이커 (syeikeo) (Korean), hue puruwai (Māori), hue puruhau (Māori), tsidzo (Navajo)
    Sense id: en-shaker-en-noun-y1LF1bsf Disambiguation of 'musical percussion instrument': 1 2 0 1 94 1
  6. A kind of straight-sided, stackable glass for beer, soda, etc.
    Sense id: en-shaker-en-noun-JJX~lKaG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (something that shakes): coctelera (note: for cocktails) [feminine] (Catalan), ravistin (Finnish), sirotin (note: for salt and pepper) (Finnish), sekoitin (note: for cocktails) (Finnish), Shaker (note: for cocktails) [masculine] (German), chi agita (Italian), shaker (note: for cocktails or drinks) [masculine] (Italian), sbattighiaccio [masculine] (Italian), scuotitoio [masculine] (Italian), scuotitore [masculine] (Italian), saliera (note: for salt) [feminine] (Italian), zuccheriera (note: for sugar) [feminine] (Italian), ше́йкер (šéjker) (note: for cocktails; instrument; sectarian) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "ravistin"
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      "note": "for cocktails",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
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      "note": "for cocktails",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Shaker"
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      "sense": "something that shakes",
      "word": "chi agita"
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      "note": "for cocktails or drinks",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
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      "word": "shaker"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "something that shakes",
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      "word": "sbattighiaccio"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "scuotitoio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "something that shakes",
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      "word": "scuotitore"
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      "note": "for salt",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saliera"
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      "code": "it",
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      "note": "for sugar",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zuccheriera"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "note": "for cocktails; instrument; sectarian",
      "roman": "šéjker",
      "sense": "something that shakes",
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      "sense": "musical percussion instrument",
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      "word": "sacsejador"
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      "word": "シェイカー"
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      "sense": "musical percussion instrument",
      "word": "hue puruwai"
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      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "musical percussion instrument",
      "word": "hue puruhau"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "musical percussion instrument",
      "word": "tsidzo"
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}

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