'Shakedown' definitions:
Definition of 'shakedown'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"
noun
Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"
noun
A very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
noun
Extortion of money (as by blackmail)
Definition of 'Shakedown'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'shakedown'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- audition,
- badger game,
- bench test,
- blackmail,
- bloodsucking,
- dry run,
- extortion,
- flight test,
- Gedankenexperiment,
- hearing,
- pilot plan,
- practical test,
- practice,
- protection racket,
- rehearsal,
- road test,
- shakedown cruise,
- test flight,
- test run,
- trial run,
- tryout,
- vampirism,
- workout