shaking

Plural: shakings

Noun

• The act of moving rapidly and unsteadily; a trembling.
• the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
• a shaky motion
  • "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
• A movement that shakes.

Verb

• move or cause to move back and forth
  • "My hands were shaking"
• move with or as if with a tremor
• shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
• move back and forth or sideways
• undermine or cause to waver
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
• get rid of
• bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
• shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
• present participle and gerund of shake

Examples

• The SHAKING of the table during his turn was purely from his nervous excitement.

Synonyms

agitate, didder, escape from, excite, judder, palpitation, quiver, quivering, rock, shake, shake off, shake up, shakiness, stimulate, stir, sway, throw off, trembling, vibration