SHAKEDOWN


Meaning of SHAKEDOWN in English

shake ‧ down /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . American English informal when someone gets money from another person by using threats:

a Mafia shakedown

2 . American English informal a thorough search of a place or a person:

No weapons were found during the shakedown.

3 . a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective

4 . a period of time when prices are falling on a financial market

5 . a final test of a boat, plane etc before it is put into general use:

The new system is in its shakedown phase.

6 . the final shakedown the final situation, after a lot of other things have happened

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.