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shaking (root: shake)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shaking has 2 senses
- shaking(n = noun.act) Array - the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements; Array is a kind of agitation
- shaking(n = noun.state) palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, trembling, vibration - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" is a kind of motion
has particulars: jiggle, joggle
Derived form verb shake1
has particulars: tremolo, tremor
Derived form verb shake2
THESAURUS
shaking
agitated, ague, all shook up, all-overish, aquiver, aspen, blurred, brandish, brandishing, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked, choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, fidgetiness, fidgeting, fidgets, fidgety, fits and starts, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, flourishing, flutter, fluttery, guttural, harsh, hawking, heaving, hoarse, in a quiver, inarticulate, indistinct, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, jittery, joltiness, jumpy, lisping, mispronounced, muzzy, nasal, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat, pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavering, quavery, quiver, quivering, quivery, restlessness, shakes, shaky, shiver, shivering, shivers, shivery, shook up, shudder, shuddering, skittery, snuffling, spasms, stifled, strangled, succussatory, succussion, succussive, thick, throaty, throb, throbbing, tottering, tremble, trembling, trembly, tremor, tremulant, tremulous, tremulousness, trepidation, trepidity, twangy, twitchy, twitter, twittery, undulation, unrest, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, velar, vibrating, vibration, wave, wave motion, waving, wobblyROGET THESAURUS
shaking
Fear
N fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence, apprehensiveness, fearfulness, solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving, feeze, mistrust, suspicion, qualm, hesitation, nervousness, restlessness, inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern, batophobia, heartquake, flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency, despair, fright, affright, affrightment, boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses), intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear, bugaboo, scarecrow, hobgoblin, nightmare, Gorgon, mormo, ogre, Hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire, enfant terrible, alarmist, fearing, frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of, afeard, afraid, fearful, timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, coy, faint- hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety, more frightened than hurt, aghast, awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear, alarming, formidable, redoubtable, perilous, portentous, fearful, dread, dreadful, fell, dire, direful, shocking, terrible, terrific, tremendous, horrid, horrible, horrific, ghastly, awful, awe-inspiring, revolting, Gorgonian, in terrorem, Int, angels and ministers of grace defend us!, ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, a dagger of the mind, expertus metuit, fain would I climb but that I fear to fall, fear is the parent of cruelty, Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire, omnia tuta timens, our fears do make us traitors.Agitation
N agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance, jactitation, quassation, shuffling, twitter, flicker, flutter, turbulence, perturbation, commotion, turmoil, disquiet, tumult, tumultuation, hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits, carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus, spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion, disturbance, chaos, restlessness, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage, tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex, whirlwind, shaking, agitated tremulous, desultory, subsultory, saltatoric, quasative, shambling, giddy-paced, saltatory, convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter, by fits and starts, subsultorily, per saltum, hop skip and jump, in convulsions, in fits, tempete dans un verre d'eau.
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