- 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, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
--1 is a kind of motion
--1 has particulars: tremolo; tremorDerived form: verb tremble1
- tremble - move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
--1 is one way to shake, agitate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun tremble1, noun trembler1, noun trembling1
The crowds tremble in the streets
The streets tremble with crowds