Idioms

body shake

body shake

A thorough or intensive search of one's person, especially for weaponry or prohibited substances. The bouncer is giving everyone a body shake to make sure no one smuggles booze or drugs into the concert. The officer gave me a body shake even through I told him I didn't have a gun on me. A: "Are they going to give me a body shake in Security? I can't exactly take my walking boot off." B: "Nah, you leave your boot on, and they inspect it a little more after you go through the metal detector, that's all."
See also: body, shake
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body shake

n. a shakedown of the body; a skin-search. (see also shakedown.) They give everybody who passes through these doors a body shake.
See also: body, shake
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in classic literature
His body shakes and throbs like a runaway steam engine, and the ear cannot follow the flying showers of notes--there is a pale blue mist where you look to see his bowing arm.
In an advisory, the agency said the public must shun purchasing these products: Taberu Crispy Tempura Seaweed (Original Flavor), Bumble Bee Premium Wild Pink Salmon, Apyld R3 Balance Body Shake, and Ziller Garlic BBQ Jerky.
There was mostly horror as I watched her body shake in final palsy, heard the rattle at the back of her gaping mouth, but there was also the urge to bury my face in her neck.
I could see his body shake as he talked of his beloved parents, could see him with a brighter future.
It has a 9.9mm thick body Shake & Transfer technology to transfer data and a 2,000mAh battery.
I felt my entire body shake. I guess I understand how these bugs have felt all these years.
I have so many memories of Mike laughing, deep and loud and long; his laugh would make his whole body shake like a tunnel, a conduit.
"Just like a dog, it did a body shake and sent water flying all over us from this thick fur," he says.
There is only a small amount of body shake over rough surfaces with the roof down, the handling is excellent and the road-holding huge fun.
Would it still make your teeth rattle and your body shake even on the smoothest of roads?
She said: "When I was told he had been killed I felt my whole body shake and I started crying.
Using behavioral observation software (Noldus Observer[R] 4.1), we recorded time until courtship, courtship duration, and intensity (leg raise and body shake rates).
"There is so much history at this place - when I look at all the other winners it makes my body shake with excitement.
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