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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";
   - shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation

1. Move or cause to move back and forth
   "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking";
   - agitate
    
2. Move with or as if with a tremor
   "his hands shook";
   - didder [archaic]
    
3. Vibrate rapidly and intensively
   "The old engine was shaking";
   - judder [Brit]
    
4. Move back and forth or sideways
   "the ship was shaking";
   - rock, sway
    
5. Undermine or cause to waver
   "The bad news shook her hopes"
    
6. Excite the feelings or emotions of; disturb the peace of
   "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"; "These stories shook up the community";
   - stimulate, shake up, excite, stir
    
7. Get rid of
   "I couldn't shake the car that was following me";
   - shake off, throw off, escape from
    
8. Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
   "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
    
9. 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!"

Derived forms: shakings

See also: foment

Type of: agitation, alter, arouse, break loose, change, elicit, enkindle [literary], escape, evoke, fire, gesticulate, gesture, get away, kindle, modify, motion, move, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move reflexively, provoke, raise, vibrate, weaken

Encyclopedia: Shaking