What is another word for no great shakes?
Pronunciation:
[ nˈə͡ʊ ɡɹˈe͡ɪt ʃˈe͡ɪks], [ nˈəʊ ɡɹˈeɪt ʃˈeɪks], [ n_ˈəʊ ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t ʃ_ˈeɪ_k_s]
Synonyms for No great shakes:
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adj.
• mediocre • undistinguished • garden-variety • ordinary Other relevant words:
- Anything ,
- Chose ,
- Depthless ,
- Non-essential ,
- SOSO ,
- Whiffet ,
- average ,
- beer ,
- beggarly ,
- below ,
- boast ,
- bourgeois ,
- cipher ,
- commonplace ,
- cursory ,
- diminutive ,
- dinky ,
- fair to middling ,
- garden ,
- garden-variety ,
- halfway ,
- homely ,
- homespun ,
- ignoble ,
- inconsequential ,
- insignificant ,
- lightweight ,
- marginal ,
- meager ,
- measly ,
- mediocrity ,
- miniature ,
- negligible ,
- not bad ,
- not good ,
- nugatory ,
- of no account ,
- of no consequence ,
- petty ,
- picayune ,
- piddling ,
- prosaic ,
- puny ,
- runt ,
- scanty ,
- scrub ,
- scrubby ,
- second-rate ,
- shay ,
- signify ,
- skin-deep ,
- small-time ,
- snobbish ,
- third-rate ,
- tinhorn ,
- tiny ,
- trifling ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- undistinguished ,
- unexceptional ,
- unexciting ,
- unimaginative ,
- unimportant ,
- unimpressive ,
- uninspired ,
- unpretentious ,
- unremarkable ,
- unspectacular ,
- whippersnapper .
How to use "No great shakes" in context?
"no great shakes", according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is an interjection meaning "that is no big deal" or "that is of no account". The term is derived from the phrase "no great shakes", meaning "of no consequence", which was first used in the early 1800s. The term was first recorded in the 1840s and is often used in conjunction with expressions such as "of little consequence" or "of little worth".
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