shakedown adj : intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"

1 initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"

2 a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"

3 extortion of money (as by blackmail)

English

Verb

to shakedown

1. to extort money from, as by blackmail

Noun

shakedown

1. extortion, especially by using blackmail
2. a thorough search; a frisk
3. a trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft

Adjective

shakedown

1. that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft

Shakedown may refer to:

• Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation
• Shakedown (testing), a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft
• Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal gain

Titles

* "Shakedown (Bob Seger song)", a number-one single in 1987 by Bob Seger

• "Shakedown", a song by Australian punk band Behind Crimson Eyes
• "Shakedown Street", a song by the psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead
• "Shakedown", a song by Blondie on the album The Curse of Blondie
• "Shakedown" (Album), the debut album by UK Dance Duo The Freemasons
• "Shakedown!", the debut album by the punk/synth rock band theSTART
• "Nervous Shakedown", a song by AC/DC on their Flick of the Switch album

• The Shakedown (1929 film) directed by William Wyler
• Shakedown (1950 film) directed by Joseph Pevney
• The Shakedown (1959 film) directed by John Lemont
• Shakedown (1988 film), a crime action movie starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott
• Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, a 1995 made-for-video dramatic spin-off of Doctor Who
• Shakedown, the novelisation of 'Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans by Terrance Dicks
• Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson'' by Kenneth R. Timmerman

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