Found 2 items, similar to shakedown.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shakedown shakedown adj : intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; “a shakedown cruise” n 1: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; “the new industry's economic shakedown” 2: a very thorough search of a person or a place; “a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs” 3: extortion of money (as by blackmail)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shakedown Shakedown \Shake"down`\, n. A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]