shaker

shaker
a) A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
b) A variety of pigeon.

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  • shaker — [ ʃɛkɶr ] n. m. • 1895; mot angl. « secoueur » ♦ Anglic. Récipient (métallique, etc.), formé d une double timbale, utilisé pour préparer des cocktails et boissons glacées. « il secouait le shaker [...] : il jouait au barman » (Sartre). ● shaker… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Shaker — (von engl. to shake „rütteln, schütteln“) steht für Shaker (Barzubehör), ein Utensil zum Mixen von Cocktails Shaker (Religion), eine christliche Gemeinschaft in den USA Shaker (Musik), ein Musikinstrument elektrodynamischer Shaker, ein Testgerät… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • shaker — s.n. Recipient în care se agită (cu gheaţă) elementele unui cocteil. [pr.: şéicăr] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 22.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  SHAKER s.n. Aparat în care se agită, cu gheaţă, elementele unui cocteil. [pron. şéichă. / <… …   Dicționar Român

  • shaker — ► NOUN 1) a container used for mixing ingredients by shaking. 2) a container with a pierced top from which a powder is poured by shaking. 3) (Shaker) a member of an American Christian sect living simply in celibate mixed communities. [ORIGIN: so… …   English terms dictionary

  • shaker — [shā′kər] n. 1. a person or thing that shakes 2. a device used in shaking [a cocktail shaker ] ☆ 3. [short for earlier Shaking Quaker: so named because of trembling caused by emotional stress of devotions: see QUAKER] [S ] a member of a religious …   English World dictionary

  • shaker — shaker. Обширная группа нейрологических мутаций у мышей, характеризующихся рядом общих симптомов (бег по кругу, повышенный уровень двигательной активности, “качательные” движения головы и аномальная реакция на изменение положения тела, часто… …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Shaker — (spr. Scheker, d.i. Schüttler, Springer), eine religiöse Secte in Nordamerika, welche ihre Entstehung den religiösen Erregungen in der Provence u. Dauphiné zu Anfang des 18. Jahrh. zuschreibt; von dort kamen 1716 einige der Propheten, welche die… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Shaker — Shak er, n. 1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shaker — (n.) mid 15c., one who or which shakes, aqgent noun from SHAKE (Cf. shake) (v.). Applied from 1640s (with capital initial) to various Christian sects whose devotional exercises often involved convulsions. The best known, the American based… …   Etymology dictionary

  • shaker — /ˈʃe(i)ker, ingl. ˈʃeɪkə(r)/ [vc. ingl., propriamente «sbattitore», da to shake «scuotere»] s. m. inv. sbattighiaccio, agitatore, scuotitoio …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • shaker — (izg. šèjker) m DEFINICIJA razg. posuda u kojoj se pripravlja shake ili koktel ETIMOLOGIJA vidi shake …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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