shakedown
IPA: ʃˈeɪkdaʊn
noun
- (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
- (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
- A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft
- An improvised bed.
adjective
- that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft
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Examples of "shakedown" in Sentences
- The Case of The Super Shakedown.
- The shakedown was also the same.
- After a good shakedown of course.
- See second paragraph use of shakedown.
- Tragedy marred the carrier's shakedown.
- And you wonder why there was a CIA shakedown.
- She spent the remainder of 1971 on shakedown.
- A shakedown for a ship is generally referred to as a sea trial.
- Grenadier proved the worth of this device during her shakedown.
- The Shakedown was also the same as the last few editions of the rally.
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