Search Result:shakedown
Overview of noun shakedown
The noun shakedown has 3 senses
- shakedown -- (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown")
- shakedown -- (a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs")
- shakedown -- (extortion of money (as by blackmail))
Overview of adj shakedown
The adj shakedown has 1 sense
- shakedown -- (intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise")