Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To shake away; disperse.
  • To shake excessively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To shake too much.
  • verb obsolete To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

over- +‎ shake

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