'Shaking' definitions:
Definition of 'shaking'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Shaking'
From: GCIDE
- Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. Shook; p. p. Shaken, (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. Shock, v.]
- 1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate. [1913 Webster]
- As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13. [1913 Webster]
- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of. [1913 Webster]
- When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree. [1913 Webster]
- Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I could scarcely shake him out of my company. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
- To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
- To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.
- To shake the bells. See under Bell.
- To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shaking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- wobbly
Words containing 'Shaking'
- Shake,
- Shakings,
- The shakes,
- shake down,
- shake off,
- shake up,
- shakes,
- Cup shake,
- No great shakes,
- Shaking palsy,
- Shaking piece,
- To shake a cask,
- To shake hands,
- To shake out a reef,
- To shake the bells,
- To shake the sails,
- Wind shake,
- fair shake,
- milk shake,
- shake hands,
- shake-up,
- two shakes,
- world shaking,
- earth-shaking,
- world-shaking