Shakedown

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slang Extortion of money, as by blackmail.
  • n. Slang A thorough search of a place or person.
  • n. A period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning.
  • adj. Serving to test the performance of a ship or aircraft and to familiarize the crew with operation of the craft: a shakedown cruise; a shakedown flight.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Extortion, especially through blackmail
  • n. A thorough search; a frisk
  • n. A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft
  • n. An improvised bed.
  • adj. that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A temporary bed made by shaking down or spreading hay, rushes, or the like, or also quilts or a mattress, with coverings, on the floor, on a table, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a very thorough search of a person or a place
  • n. extortion of money (as by blackmail)
  • adj. intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
  • n. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    search    hunting    hunt    extortion    adjustment   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    breakdown   
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