shakedown

/ʃˈeɪkdˌaʊn/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
   “a shakedown cruise”

noun

1. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
   “the new industry's economic shakedown”
2. a very thorough search of a person or a place
   “a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs”
3. extortion of money (as by blackmail)

Words that rhyme with shakedown

• down
• crown
• brown
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• town
• clown
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• meltdown
• noun
• touchdown
• clampdown
• closedown
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• godown
• hometown
• letdown
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• shantytown
• showdown
• shutdown