shakeout
About 0.06 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
The dot-com shakeout of the 1990s left only the most durable, most profitable, and most well backed companies surviving.
- noun The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
- noun The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
- noun The shaking of one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.
Similar words
squeezeout labefaction washout upheaval degazettement upsettal purging shift phaseout ousting
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Word family
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