Shakedown

What do we mean by shakedown?

Extortion of money, as by blackmail. noun

A thorough search of a place or person. noun

A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning. noun

Serving as a test of a new product or model, especially of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft. adjective

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. noun

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. noun

Extortion, especially through blackmail noun

A thorough search; a frisk noun

A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft noun

An improvised bed. noun

That tests the performance of a ship or aircraft adjective

A very thorough search of a person or a place noun

Extortion of money (as by blackmail) noun

Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system adjective

Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state noun

Extortion, especially through blackmail

A thorough search; a frisk

A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft

An improvised bed.

Words that are spelled similarly to shakedown:
shakedown, shake down, takedown, phasedown, shakedowns, shakes down.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shakedown:
casco, chesapeake, cruise, steamed, bermuda, refresher, steaming, departed, lst, capes, norfolk, sailed, panama, pearl, underway, eniwetok, availability, amphibious, exercises, minesweeper, escort, destroyer, aruba, harbor, manus, drills, escorted, convoy, deterrent, charleston, loaded, diego, caribbean, balboa, whence, gunnery, cuba, thence, pedro, yorktown, triton, proceeded, polaris, upkeep, picket, canal, training, cargo, newport, duty, hampton, shipyard, sonar, yard, hawaii, hawaiian, transatlantic, embarked, overhaul, saipan, atlantic, bay, pacific, submarine, fleet, coast, voyage, casablanca, embark, underwent, arrived, tug, indies, proceeding, commencing, mare, san, virginia, ballistic, bound, trinidad, patrol, tow, flagship, newfoundland, waters, loading, towed, carrier, cleared, fitting, neutrality, off, california, gulf, sailing, deployment, maine, naval, boston.

Words that rhyme with shakedown:
down, around, brown, town, noun, crown, breakdown, frown, gown, renown, rundown, clown, drown, put down, meltdown, downtown, drawdown, break down, hometown, showdown, lockdown, facedown, shutdown, lowdown, crackdown, playground, uptown, run-down, run down, lown, hoedown, countdown, touchdown, lay down, slowdown, go down, turn down, let down, runaround, take down, sundown, come down, get down, letdown, bring down, hunker down, shantytown, pin down, clampdown, bear down, knockdown, shut down, step down, back down, godown, browne, markdown, turndown, cut down, hands down, lie down, knock down, jamestown, boomtown, chinatown, settle down, tear down, comedown, midtown, bog down, drop down, common noun, tinseltown, beat down, motown, slow down, rub down, set down, calm down, write down, strike down, track down, nail down, georgetown, boil down, dress down, proper noun, pull down, tie down, crosstown, water down, crack down, clamp down, putdown, fall down, weigh down, wear down, hold down, jot down, play down.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shakedown:
elastic, sexual, plastic, initial, thorough, final, routine, big, first, major, real, general, good, comfortable, complete, old, political, quick, dynamic, massive, usual, short, strict, postwar, alleged, rough, pure, spare, proper, weekly, brief, cyclic, gigantic, easy, operational, fashioned, overall, inelastic, structural, plain, dollar.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shakedown:
analysis, cruise, theory, availability, limits, period, diagram, cruises, repairs, theorems, values.

Consonant match to shakedown:
shake down, shook down, shack down.

Words that sound like shakedown:
shakedown, shake down, shakedowns, takedown, take down, choke down, shaken, showdown, show down, sheikhdom, shade in, lockdown, lookdown, walk down, lock down, talk down, look down, took down, lock-down, shaking, shakin, shutdown, shading, chicane, shut down, shaytan, shodden, shedden, shoot down, schaden, shodan, schicken, shootdown, shout down, shower down, shot down, shut-down, breakdown, jayden, jaden, break down, knockdown, jaydon, lay down, laydown, chaiken, chow down, way down, knock down, checked in, duck down, laid down, take ten, takedowns, chase down, hick town, kick down, kickdown, weigh down, chaikin, sag down, knock-down, shaitan, shit on, shady, shocking, shaky, shogun, sheldon, shedding, radon, backdown, shacking, back down, shakti, shucking, jackdaw, shotten, shut-in, schiedam, shelden, shakia, shakeout, looked on, show tune, showdowns, shotton, locked on, hooked on, laid on, shaki, check on, schatten, logged on, schouten, shake out, shake hand, schneiden, sha tin, shire town.