jactitate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *jactitate*:
VERB	motion	jactitate, convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss	move or stir about violently

English > *jactitate*: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Move or stir about violently.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss
Narrower	whip	thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
Broader	shake, agitate	Move or cause to move back and forth
Spanish	acuchillar, agitar, convelerse, dar vueltas, moverse agitadamente, reducir, sacudirse, sacudir, trillar, vapulear
Catalan	convulsar, crispar, remenar
Nouns	jactitation	(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching / twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

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