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• Shakedown — may refer to: * Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation * Shakedown (testing), a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft * Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal… …   Wikipedia

• shakedown — shake‧down [ˈʆeɪkdaʊn] also shake down noun [countable] 1. a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective: • The company is expected to enter its final shakedown phase by the middle of September …   Financial and business terms

• Shakedown Street — Album par Grateful Dead Sortie 15 novembre 1978 Durée 39:04 Genre Rock, Country rock Producteur Lowell George Label …   Wikipédia en Français

• Shakedown cruise — is a nautical term in which the performance of a ship is tested. Shakedown cruises are also used to familiarize the ship s crew with operation of the craft.In the travel industry a shakedown cruise is undertaken to test a ship s systems, both… …   Wikipedia

• Shakedown Street — Studioalbum von Grateful Dead Veröffentlichung November 1978 Label Arista Records …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Shakedown (song) — can refer to more than one song: * Shakedown (Bob Seger song) , a U.S. number one hit in 1987 for Bob Seger * Shakedown (Blondie song) , the opening track on The Curse of Blondie album by Blondie …   Wikipedia

• Shakedown 2 — Album par Freemasons Sortie 29 juin 2009 …   Wikipédia en Français

• shakedown search — see search Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Shakedown — Shake down , n. 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. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shakedown — index blackmail Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• shakedown — (n.) 1730, impromptu bed made upon loose straw, from SHAKE (Cf. shake) (v.) + DOWN (Cf. down). Figurative verbal sense of blackmail, extort is attested from 1872, noun meaning a thorough search is from 1914; both probably from the notion of… …   Etymology dictionary