Shaking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The act or process of moving with a rapid vibratory motion, jolting, agitating, etc.
  • Specifically
  • A violent jolting or agitation: as, give him a good shaking.
  • plural Small pieces of cordage, rope, yarn, or canvas used for making oakum or paper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of shake.
  • noun. A movement that shakes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
  • noun. a shaky motion
  • Word Usage
    "Flight attendant: “Well, the shaking is the turbulence that the plane is flying through, and the noise is coming from the engines.”"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aching  baking  braking  breaking  faking  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    shake