transitive verb
1. obsolete : to denounce or chide vehemently
go apart … and thou shalt hear how he will shake me up — Shakespeare
2.
a. : to loosen with or as if with a shake
shook up and arranged my pillows — Anne Marsh
b. : to arouse with or as if with a shake
headed for the chart house to shake up the radar crew — K.M.Dodson
3. : to jar by or as if by a physical shock
the collision shook up the drivers of the two cars
4. : hurry — usually used in the phrase shake it up
shake it up, you fellows … we don't have all day — Ralph Ellison
5. : to effect an extensive and often drastic rearrangement or reorganization of
a trend that has shaken up the marketing notions of manufacturers — Monsanto Magazine
the detective force was shaken up — Allan Nevins