Word Finder - shaking

definition

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

example

He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.

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To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.

example

Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".

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To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

example

to shake fruit down from a tree

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To disturb emotionally; to shock.

example

He was shaken by what had happened.

synonyms

• traumatize

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To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

example

I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.

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To move from side to side.

example

She shook with grief.

synonyms

• shiver
• tremble

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(usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

example

OK, let's shake on it.

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To dance.

example

She was shaking it on the dance floor.

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To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

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to shake a note in music

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To threaten to overthrow.

example

The experience shook my religious belief.

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To be agitated; to lose firmness.

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A movement that shakes.

Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring the shaking hands.

Toni asked, shaking his head.

A massive explosion went off, shaking the ground beneath them.

She stood on shaking knees.

Shaking her head, she stared at the steering wheel.

Faust laughed, shaking the table.

The clerk was holding an extinguisher, shaking and cursing it.

She quickly replaced the envelope with shaking hands, making sure it was in exactly the same position as she found it.

Yully closed the door behind her, shaking out of fear and cold.

Her body was on fire, her hands shaking, her thoughts so scattered, she wasn't able to think.

It's a shaking of the earth.

She closed her eyes, shaking.

Bianca sat, fully clothed, at one end of the shower, drenched and shaking.

Darian was cowering at the gate-line, his wide shoulders hunched and his frame shaking.

She dropped into her chair, shaking.

She was shaking, cold with fear on the inside and fevered skin clammy on the outside.

Katie was shaking her head as she walked toward the ringing phone.

My hand was shaking.

She curled on her side, shaking.

Jule was sweating and shaking.

Darian struggled visibly, his gaze stormy and his frame shaking.

Shaking and terrified, Deidre nonetheless held his gaze as she closed the distance between them, until she stood less than a foot away.

She took one more look at the ominous man in black and the sword at his hip and followed, shaking from more than cold.

She rubbed her head, shaking despite the rest.

She rested fully against him, shaking too hard to stay on her feet.

She dropped beside him, crying, shaking, terrified, and found he was unconscious.

She was shaking and bloodied, and the bindings left deep marks around her wrists.

She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

She was shaking like a leaf in a force ten gale, somehow this made me feel worse.

Are your nerves so bad that you are shaking?

Beta-blocking medications can be used to relieve the shaking or tremors an addict has during withdrawal.

Is the person shaking uncontrollably or having a seizure?

I am very worried about him because he is also shaking quite heavily.

Fever with a shaking chill is even more suspicious.

Physical abuse may result from hitting, punching, pinching, kicking, biting, shaking, throwing, burning, choking, and stabbing.

She crawled on her knees to Toby, heart hammering and hands shaking as she rolled him onto his back.

Too tired to fight her tears anymore, she let them fall and stood shaking on the rooftop.

She wiped sweat from her brow with a shaking hand.

He reached for the weapon with a shaking hand.

When she returned to the starting position, her arms were shaking and her legs burning.

The effect slammed her downwards, and the pod spun out of control, head over tail, shaking as it fought gravity.

She sprawled on top of him, unable to push herself up with the earth's violent shaking.

She pulled away from the warriors and dropped beside him, more comfortable on the ground than trying to navigate the shaking earth on her feet.

As suddenly as it started, the earth stopped shaking.

She sat across from Evelyn, who continued to give her the odd look, and clasped her hands together hard to keep them from shaking as they took off.

The men around him shifted with Romas shaking his head.

Jetr caught her arm, shaking his head.

Just as Donnie was limply shaking Dean's hand, Cynthia returned, smiled at the boy, and offered her hand as well.

Edith kept shaking her head 'no' as he spoke.

He left the room, shaking his head.