shaking

Verb

shake (third-person singular simple present shakes, present participle shaking, simple past shook or (rare) shaked or (slang) shooketh, past participle shaken or (dialectal) shook or (dialectal, nonstandard) shooken)

1. (ergative, transitive) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
   • The earthquake shook the building.
2. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
   • Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.
3. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
   • to shake fruit down from a tree
4. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
   • Her father’s death shook her terribly.

   Synonyms:

   traumatize

5. (idiomatic, transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
   • I can’t shake the feeling that I forgot something.
6. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
   • She shook with grief.

   Synonyms:

   shiver, tremble

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