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shaking

noun

1 shaking

The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements.

Polish: potrząsanie, trzęsienie, wstrząsanie

2 shaking

A shaky motion:
— The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe.

synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, trembling, vibration.

Roget 860: fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness etc. adj.; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [U.S.]; ... show more

Dutch: beving, trilling, vibratie


adjective

Roget 315: shaking etc. v.; agitated tremulous; desultory, subsultory; saltatoric; quasative; shambling; giddy-paced, saltatory, convulsive, unquiet, restless, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: agitated, ague, all shook up, all-overish, aquiver, aspen, blurred, brandish, brandishing, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked, choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet, disquietude ... show more.

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