outshake

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ shake.

Verb

outshake (third-person singular simple present outshakes, present participle outshaking, simple past outshook, past participle outshaken)

1. (transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
   • 1952, Jet, volume 2, number 16, page 65:

     The Baby Grand Cafe is offering Rose Hardaway $1,500 to dance against La Bommie for the title of "Shake Dance Queen of '52." Bets are 7-5 that Bommie can outshake her.

   • 1988, Peggy O'More, Seacliff Nurse, page 152:

     “She may even match them ; be fun to see which could outshake the other.”

Anagrams

• shake out, shakeout