The privilege process: How doctors get privileges at hospitals. Patients, naturally, want good, qualified doctors. But so do hospitals. That means that simply being a licensed physician does not guarantee doctors will be granted hospital privileges, area hospital executives say.
Diluting Effect. Shaking a cocktail in a shiny, silver bullet-shaped vessel creates a mini-exhibition in a bar or at home with friends, making it a popular way to create and serve martinis and Manhattans. If your goal is to make drinks a little less potent, this is the way to go.
1. shake (v.) 1  move or cause to move back and forth. 2  move with or as if with a tremor. 3  shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively. 4  undermine or cause to waver. 5  move back and forth or sideways. 6  stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of. 7  bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking. 8  get rid of.