to shaking
- verb
- /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/
- The earthquake caused the buildings to start shaking violently.
So we're going to shake, shake, shake and then.
- So we're going to shake, shake, shake and then.
- And I noticed that his foot is shaking, like kind of up and down.
- Flashback Mary is shaking in her fucking boots and her grave.
- That Lady just shaking her head, can't believe he's saying this.
- And I just started shaking and my whole body was tingling.
- Like I was saying, it's, it's not curing Parkinson's, but it's stopping people shaking within seconds.
- And by coming out, I mean today I'm shaking.
- People get these adrenaline dumps and they're shaking, angry.
- And my dad was like shaking and and it will look horrible.
- I think he's shaking his hand a little bit.
Examples
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Oh, this just looks horrible now my hands are shaking because I'm nervous.
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And I noticed that his foot is shaking, like kind of up and down.
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An entire room of people shaking their heads.
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The bones start clicking and shaking and moving about.
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And I just started shaking and my whole body was tingling.
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I think he's shaking his hand a little bit.
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Come on, Nate, he said softly to me, shaking my shoulder.
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So how did I just go from sweating buckets to shaking uncontrollably?
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People get these adrenaline dumps and they're shaking, angry.
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He was shaking with excitement as he opened the gift.
Synonyms
To move quickly from side to side or up and down
To shake something so it makes short, sharp noises
To shake slightly because of cold, fear or excitement
To make very small, quick moves back and forth
To move with small, quick movements from side to side or up and down
To move slowly from side to side in a gentle rhythm
To shake in small, quick movements because of fear, cold, or excitement
To move or shake unsteadily from side to side
To move in a sudden, rough way
To move or shake in a slight, unsteady way
To shake because of fear, cold or strong movement
Trembling a little because of cold, fear, or excitement
To shake or move quickly because you are nervous
Shaking strongly because of fear, cold, or strong emotion
To shake slightly with quick movements
Shake quickly and strongly, often making a loud noise
Moving back and forth in a regular way
Small quick movements of a person or thing often from being nervous
To move unsteadily from side to side
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Morphology
Etymology
The word shaking comes from the old English verb shake, which meant 'move quickly' or 'move back and forth', and it appears in the word shaky too. That's why to be shaking is to move or tremble in a quick, repeated way.