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shaker
shak·er S0312300 (shā′kər)n.1. a. One that shakes: a shaker of long-held beliefs and traditions.b. One that impels, encourages, or supervises action.2. a. A container used for shaking: salt and pepper shakers.b. A container used to mix or blend by shaking: a cocktail shaker.3. Shaker A member of a Christian sect originating in England in 1747, practicing communal living and observing celibacy.adj. also Shaker Relating to or constituting a style produced by Shakers that is distinctively simple, unornamented, functional, and finely crafted: Shaker furniture.shaker (ˈʃeɪkə) n1. a person or thing that shakes2. a container, often having a perforated top, from which something, such as a condiment, is shaken3. a container in which the ingredients of alcoholic drinks are shaken togethershak•er (ˈʃeɪ kər)
n. 1. a container with a perforated top from which a seasoning, condiment, sugar, flour, or the like is shaken onto food. 2. any of various containers for shaking beverages to mix the ingredients. 3. a dredger or caster. 4. (cap.) a member of a religious sect originating in England in the middle of the 18th century and now extant only in the U.S., practicing celibacy, common ownership of property, and a strict and simple way of life. 5. a person or thing that shakes. adj. 6. (cap.) of or pertaining to a style of furniture produced by Shakers in the U.S., characterized by simplicity of form, lack of ornamentation, and functionality. 7. (sometimes cap.) of or designating a knitted fabric formed of parallel rows of ribbing. [1400–50] Shaker - The Shakers got their name from the shaking and convulsive movements they made during worship.See also related terms for shaking.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | shaker - a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world"mover and shakerindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" | | 2. | Shaker - a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the worldShakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing - a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United StatesChristian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination | | 3. | shaker - a container in which something can be shakencaster, castor - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugarcocktail shaker - a shaker for mixing cocktailscontainer - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)pepper box, pepper shaker, pepper pot - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground peppersalt shaker, saltshaker - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt |
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a mover and a shakerA person who is able to get things done with their power, influence, or money. She thinks her father can get me into law school. Apparently he's quite a mover and a shaker. The conference is going to be full of movers and shakers of the industry, so I want to make a good impression.See also: and, mover, shakercan-shakerSomeone who raises money for a particular place, event, or cause. The phrase alludes to collecting money in a can. Oh, the kids are out being can-shakers for their softball team today.movers and shakerspeople who get things done; organizers and managers. The movers and shakers in this firm haven't exactly been working overtime. Who are the movers and shakers around here?See also: and, mover, shakermover and shakerA person who wields power and influence in a particular activity or field, as in He's one of the movers and shakers in the art world. At first the two nouns referred specifically to God, alluding to the belief that a divine force was responsible for all events. The current usage refers only to human beings. [Second half of 1800s] See also: and, mover, shakerthe movers and shakers JOURNALISMCOMMON If you talk about the movers and shakers, you mean the people with power and influence in a particular area who make things happen and cause new developments. They were given introductions to the movers and shakers in the industry. Cochran was only 21, but in four short years had established himself as one of the movers and shakers of '50s rock'n'roll. Note: This comes from the poem `Ode' by Arthur O'Shaugnessy (1874): `We are the music-makers And we are the dreamers of dreams... We are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.' See also: and, mover, shakera mover and shaker someone at the centre of events who makes things happen; a powerful person. Movers and shakers is first recorded in Arthur O'Shaughnessy's 1874 poem ‘Ode’. 1998 Times Ten years from now his name will again be high on the list of movers and shakers to watch in the decade. See also: and, mover, shakerˌmovers and ˈshakers people with power in important organizations: He is one of the principle movers and shakers in the political arena.See also: and, mover, shakercan-shaker n. a fund-raiser. (As if a person were holding a can for the solicitation of coins from passersby.) Fred was a professional can-shaker for a museum. Maybe he has some ideas as to how we can raise some money. movers and shakers n. people who get things done; organizers and managers. The movers and shakers in this firm haven’t exactly been working overtime. See also: and, mover, shakermovers and shakersIndividuals with the power and/or influence to effect change. At first each of these nouns alluded specifically to God, but in the nineteenth century they began to be paired and applied to human beings. The OED quotes A. O’Shaughnessy’s Music and Moonlight (1874): “Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world forever, it seems.”See also: and, mover, shakershaker
shaker[′shāk·ər] (electromagnetism) An electromagnetic device capable of imparting known and usually controlled vibratory acceleration to a given object. Also known as electrodynamic shaker; shake table. shaker
Related to shaker: cocktail shakerSynonyms for shakernoun a person who wields power and influenceSynonymsRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
noun a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the worldRelated Words- Shakers
- United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
- Christian
noun a container in which something can be shakenRelated Words- caster
- castor
- cocktail shaker
- container
- pepper box
- pepper shaker
- pepper pot
- salt shaker
- saltshaker
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