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    [Noun]  | "shake*out" | \ ˈshāk-ˌau̇t \


    1: the failure or retrenchment of a significant number of firms in the economy or a sector or an industry that usually results in a depressed market

    2: a period or process in which the relatively weak or unessential are eliminated


    Origin: 1895 ;

    [Noun]  | "shakeouts" 


     [ "Shakeout sleep" ]

    1: Shakeout sleep is the term used to describe sleeping when having just drunk a milkshake. (Innuendo not intended) The act typically results in a bizarrely upset stomach the following morning. ( Again...innuendo not intended)

      * e.g.,  ... Friend: Damn boi? Did you just shakeout sleep. I told you that was a bad idea. 

     [ "Shakeout run" ]

    1: A term for people who don’t run every day and can’t admit slow running is okay as long as one can still run a sub 5 minute mile

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Tim, I just read in Runner’s World that a shakeout run is better than a day off. Although I am ashamed to admit I read Runner’s World and wear compression socks. Next thing I know I’ll be on Strava! 

     [ "Shakeout run" ]

    1: A term for people who don’t run every day and can’t admit slow running is okay as long as one cant still run a sub 5 minute mile

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Tim, I just read in Runner’s World that a shakeout run is better than a day off. Although I am ashamed to admit I read Runner’s World and wear compression socks. Next thing I know I’ll be on Strava! 

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