Unscramble shaking

Definition of shaking

noun:

• 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". Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, trembling, vibration.

verb:

• move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously", "My hands were shaking". Synonyms: agitate, shake.
• move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook". Synonyms: didder, shake.
• shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering". Synonyms: judder, shake.
• move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking", "the tall building swayed", "She rocked back and forth on her feet". Synonyms: rock, shake, sway.
• undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken", "The bad news shook her hopes". Synonyms: shake.
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community", "the civil war shook the country". Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir.
• get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me". Synonyms: escape from, shake, shake off, throw off.
• bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams", "shake the salt out of the salt shaker". Synonyms: shake.
• shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head", "She shook her finger at the naughty students", "The old enemies shook hands", "Don't shake your fist at me!". Synonyms: shake.

Related words

affright, animate, arouse, concuss, convulse, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, fan, fright, frighten, fuel, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, invite, jactitate, jiggle, joggle, nutate, palpitate, quake, rattle, roll, scare, sex, slash, sparge, succuss, swag, tempt, thrash, thresh, thrill, tickle, titillate, toss, totter, tremble, tremolo, tremor, uplift, vibrate, wiggle.

Words nearby

shading, shaping, sharing, shaving, soaking.

Rhymes with

aching, baking, breaking, forsaking, making, mistaking, remaking, retaking, taking, waking.