SHAKE-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shake-up mean? 

• SHAKE-UP (noun)
  The noun SHAKE-UP has 1 sense:

1. the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)

  Familiarity information: SHAKE-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAKE-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reorganisation; reorganization; shake-up; shakeup

Context example:

top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup

Hypernyms ("shake-up" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

Derivation:

shake up (organize anew)