Synonyms of shakes a leg

shakes a leg

phrase

present tense third-person singular of shake a leg

1

as in dances

to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music

The DJ played music that was sure to make every party guest get up and shake a leg.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dances
• hoofs (it)
• foots (it)
• steps
• trips the light fantastic
• fox-trots
• struts
• shuffles
• prances
• waltzes
• boogeys
• tap-dances
• jigs
• trips
• boogies
• gavottes
• bops
• shags
• jitterbugs
• tangos
• mambos
• polkas
• treads
• jives
• shimmies
• twists

2

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

We'd better shake a leg if we want to make the movie!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• travels
• flies
• rushes
• scurries
• drives
• trots
• hurries
• zips
• jumps
• cracks (on)
• runs
• chases
• buzzes
• blows
• steps
• bowls
• scoots
• tears
• darts
• blasts
• dashes
• beats it
• bolts
• scuttles
• rips
• rams
• barrels
• courses
• zooms
• shoots
• motors
• belts
• careers
• jogs
• bundles
• breezes
• blazes
• whirls
• rockets
• hastens
• gets a move on
• humps
• jets
• rustles
• pelts
• steps on it
• hares
• bustles
• makes tracks
• hurls
• hotfoots (it)
• hustles
• hurtles
• highballs
• cannonballs
• hies
• bombs
• whisks
• nips
• careens
• gallops
• flits
• beetles
• streaks
• steps out
• sprints
• scampers
• accelerates
• scuds
• scuffles
• whizzes
• stampedes
• arrows
• catches up
• quickens
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outpaces
• outruns
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hangs (around or out)
• creeps
• crawls
• lags
• pokes
• drags
• lingers
• pokes
• loiters
• slows (down or up)
• dawdles
• strolls
• tarries
• shuffles
• saunters
• dillydallies
• dallies
• ambles
• plods
• decelerates
• lumbers