shakeout

See also: shake out

English

Etymology

From shake +‎ out.

Noun

shakeout (plural shakeouts)

1. An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.

   The dot-com shakeout of the 1990s left only the most durable, most profitable, and most well backed companies surviving.

2. (engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
3. The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
   • 1989, Organizational and DS Maintenance Manual:

     A cargo parachute that has been packed and issued for use, but not actually used for airdrop, does not require a shakeout.

4. (sports) The shaking of one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.

Translations

event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated

• German: Bereinigungsprozess m, Bereinigung (de) f, Gesundschrumpfung f

separation of molds from their flask

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