shaking
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(noun) the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements |
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Related Words: agitation, jiggle, joggle |
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(noun) a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" |
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Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, trembling, tremor, vibration |
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Related Words: motion, tremolo |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: quaking, quivering, shaky, shivering, trembling |
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