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  • noun plurale tantum A pattern of behavior including twitches, tics and spasms typical of withdrawal from addiction; usually following the.
  • noun Plural form of shake.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shake.

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Examples

  • And no protein shakes, either — none of the congested muscularity of your 21st-century gym jockey.

    Woodstock Nation 2009

  • We found out she was eating 1500 calories in shakes a day, in addition to her regular food.

    Thintervention's Jackie Warner Says Series Isn't Just About the Results 2010

  • He forced himself to consume upwards of 10,000 calories a day by devouring protein shakes and eggs by the dozen.

    One Jet's Upside-Down Dream Scott Cacciola 2010

  • Early morning rides through the canyons around our Southern Californian home, exotic protein shakes morning, noon, and night, elaborate supplements that would make ARod blush - they'd all been part of a Herculean training regiment to insure that this blessed trip away from the rigid rigors of raising an infant boy would be everything it possibly could be.

    Gotham Chopra: Peaks, Potties, Perspectives Gotham Chopra 2010

  • Early morning rides through the canyons around our Southern Californian home, exotic protein shakes morning, noon, and night, elaborate supplements that would make ARod blush - they'd all been part of a Herculean training regiment to insure that this blessed trip away from the rigid rigors of raising an infant boy would be everything it possibly could be.

    Gotham Chopra: Peaks, Potties, Perspectives Gotham Chopra 2010

  • Protein shakes are encouraged, and while blood doping and HGH use is frowned upon, there is no testing policy.

    Archive 2009-04-05 Tyler 2009

  • Protein shakes and vitamins are keeping actual malnutrition at bay, but my mind is convinced this is a famine.

    Well, frell. greygirlbeast 2009

  • And no protein shakes, either — none of the congested muscularity of your 21st-century gym jockey.

    Woodstock Nation 2009

  • Protein shakes are encouraged, and while blood doping and HGH use is frowned upon, there is no testing policy.

    I would follow this girls' soccer coach through the gates of Hell Tyler 2009

  • Early morning rides through the canyons around our Southern Californian home, exotic protein shakes morning, noon, and night, elaborate supplements that would make ARod blush -- they'd all been part of a Herculean training regiment to insure that this blessed trip away from the rigid rigors of raising an infant boy would be everything it possibly could be.

    Gotham Chopra: Peaks, Potties, Perspectives Gotham Chopra 2010

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