| NOUN | act | shaking | the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements |
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| state | shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation | a shaky motion |
| Sounds | shey'kihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements. | |
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| Narrower | joggle, jiggle | A slight irregular shaking motion |
| Broader | agitation | The act of agitating something |
| Spanish | sacudida | |
| Catalan | sacsejada | |
| Verbs | shake | move or cause to move back and forth |
| Meaning | A shaky motion. | |
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| Example | "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" | |
| Synonyms | shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation | |
| Narrower | tremolo | (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones |
| tremor | shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) | |
| Broader | motion | A state of change |
| Spanish | cimbreo, palpitación, temblor, trepidación, vibración | |
| Catalan | estremiment, tremolor, vibració | |
| Verbs | shake | move with or as if with a tremor / tremor |
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