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shaking

sha·king

UK/ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ US/ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ common

adjective

1.

vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

  • “a quaking bog”
  • “the quaking child asked for more”
  • “quivering leaves of a poplar tree”
  • “with shaking knees”
  • “seemed shaky on her feet”
  • “sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier”
  • “trembling hands”

noun

1.

the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

2.

a shaky motion

  • “the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe”

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