| VERB | body | move reflexively, move involuntarily | move in an uncontrolled manner |
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| Meaning | Move in an uncontrolled manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Synonym | move involuntarily | |
| Narrower | shake, didder | Move with or as if with a tremor / tremor |
| shiver, shudder | shake, as from cold / cold | |
| twitch, jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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