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shaking

His hands were shaking as he held the delicate china cup.

Definition

Noun: 1. A shaky, quivering, or trembling motion: The act or state of moving with quick, small, and often involuntary movements back and forth or up and down. 2. The act of causing something to move with quick, repeated motions: The action of moving an object or part of the body up and down or back and forth with rapid movements.

Usage and Examples
  • To describe involuntary trembling:
    • The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe was noticeable.
    • She felt a slight shaking in her hands due to nervousness.
  • To describe an active, quick moving action:
    • The shaking of the bottle mixes the ingredients thoroughly.
    • The dog's enthusiastic shaking of the toy tore it apart.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be all of a shaking": To be trembling or shivering intensely, usually from cold, fear, or illness.
    • After the cold swim, he was all of a shaking.
  • "no great shakes" (Idiom, related to the verb 'shake'): Not very good or impressive.
    • As a cook, he's no great shakes, but he tries his best.
Variants and Related Words
  • Shake (verb): To move with quick, short movements from side to side or up and down.
  • Shaky (adjective): Trembling or unsteady.
  • Shaker (noun): A container used for shaking things (e.g., a salt shaker).
Synonyms
  • Tremor: An involuntary quivering movement.
  • Quivering: A slight, rapid trembling motion.
  • Vibration: Rapid back-and-forth movement.
Related Phrasal Verbs (from the root verb 'shake')
  • Shake down: To extort money from someone; or to test a new system thoroughly.
    • The gang tried to shake down the local shopkeepers.
  • Shake off: To get rid of something or someone.
    • He couldn't shake off the feeling that he was being watched.
Related Idioms
  • Shake a leg!: Hurry up!
    • Come on, shake a leg or we'll be late!
  • More than you can shake a stick at: A very large number of things.
    • At the festival, there were food stalls more than you could shake a stick at.
shaking

His hands were shaking as he held the delicate china cup.

Noun
  1. a shaky motion
    • the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
  2. the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

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