: an act or instance of shaking up
specifically
: an extensive and often drastic reorganization
shook up; shaken up; shaking up; shakes up
2
: to jar by or as if by a physical shock
the collision shook up both drivers
3
: to effect an extensive and often drastic reorganization of
Examples of shake-up in a Sentence
Verb
the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up
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Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
And this new blood promises a shake-up that might just bring everything back to life.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Angie Stone tragically and suddenly died in a car accident earlier this month, and the music community has been shaken up ever since.
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Noun
What if the Avs reached a point and were just done with it, knowing the room needed a shake-up?
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
And this new blood promises a shake-up that might just bring everything back to life.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday said Trump is being too erratic in his moves to shake up the economy.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Angie Stone tragically and suddenly died in a car accident earlier this month, and the music community has been shaken up ever since.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Shake-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shake-up. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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