English

Noun

shakes (plural of shake or a plurale tantum)

1. A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.

   [Recovering video game addicts] also have sleep disorders, the shakes and numbness in their hands. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/china_net_addicts/

   When researchers either stopped the diet or administered an opioid blocker, the rats showed signs common to drug withdrawal, such as teeth-chattering and the shakes. http://apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_sugarAddiction

2. Plural of shake

Verb

shakes

1. third-person singular of shake

Shakes may refer to:

• Chief Shakes (19th century), leader of the Naanya.aayí
• Ricky Shakes (born 1985), football player
• The shakes, an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence
• Get Shakes, a British dance band

See also

• Shake
• Shaked
• Shaken (disambiguation)
• Shaker (disambiguation)
• Shook

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