- quaking, quivering, shaking, shaky, shivering, trembling - vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
Antonym: steady (indirect, via unsteady)
- shaking - the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
--1 is a kind of agitation
--1 has particulars: joggle, jiggleDerived form: verb shake1 - shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
--2 is a kind of motion
--2 has particulars: tremolo; tremorDerived form: verb shake2
- shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shake6, noun shaker3, noun shaking1
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- shake, didder - move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
--2 is one way to move involuntarily, move reflexively
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shake5, noun shaking2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- judder, shake - shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering"
--3 is one way to vibrate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- rock, sway, shake - move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
--4 is one way to move back and forth
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun shake6
The crowds shake in the streets
The streets shake with crowds
- shake - undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
--5 is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
--6 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:
The performance is likely to shake Sue
The bad news will shake him
- shake, shake off, throw off, escape from - get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
--7 is one way to escape, get away, break loose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- shake - bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
--8 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- shake - shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"
--9 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shake4
Somebody ----s something
- stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"