Definitions for shaking

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shaking shak·ing

Spelling: [shey-king]

IPA: /ˈʃeɪ kɪŋ/

Shaking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in shaking (aghikns).

Definitions for shaking

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that shakes.
2. ague, with or without chill and fever.
3. shakings, Nautical. waste rope, canvas, etc.
4. an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
5. tremulous motion.
6. a tremor.
7. shakes, (used with a singular verb) Informal. a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc. (usually preceded by the).
8. a disturbing blow; shock.
9. Informal. milk shake.
10. the act or a manner of clasping another's hand in greeting, agreement, etc.:
11. Informal. chance or fate; deal:
12. a cast of the dice:
13. something resulting from shaking.
14. an earthquake.
15. a fissure in the earth.
16. an internal crack or fissure in timber.
17. Music. trill1 (def 9).
18. an instant:
19. Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.
20. Horology. (in an escapement) the distance between the nearer corner of one pallet and the nearest tooth of the escape wheel when the other pallet arrests an escape tooth.
21. Chiefly South Midland U.S. shaker (def 2).
22. a dance deriving from the twist.
23. Slang. the dried leaves of the marijuana plant.

Idioms

1. no great shakes, Informal. of no particular ability; unimportant; common:
2. shake a leg, Informal. to hurry up; get a move on: to dance.
3. shake hands. hand (def 79).
4. shake one's head, to indicate disapproval, disagreement, negation, or uncertainty by turning one's head from one side to the other and back: to indicate approval, agreement, affirmation or acceptance by nodding one's head up and down.
5. shake the dust from one's feet. dust (def 26).
6. two shakes (of a lamb's tail), a very short time; a moment.

Verb phrases

1. shake down, to cause to descend by shaking; bring down. to cause to settle. to condition; test: Informal. to extort money from. Slang. to search (someone), especially to detect concealed weapons.
2. shake off, to rid oneself of; reject. to get away from; leave behind. Baseball, Softball. (of a pitcher) to indicate rejection of (a sign by the catcher for a certain pitch) by shaking the head or motioning with the glove.
3. shake up, to shake in order to mix or loosen. to upset; jar. to agitate mentally or physically:

verb (used with object)

1. to move (something or its support or container) to and fro or up and down with short, quick, forcible movements:
2. to brandish or flourish:
3. to grasp (someone or something) firmly in an attempt to move or rouse by, or as by, vigorous movement to and fro:
4. to dislodge or dispense (something) by short, quick, forcible movements of its support or container:
5. to cause to sway, rock, totter, etc.:
6. to agitate or disturb profoundly in feeling:
7. to cause to doubt or waver; weaken. to shake one's self-esteem.
8. Music. to trill (a note).
9. to mix (dice) by rolling in the palm of the hand before they are cast.
10. to get rid of; elude:

verb (used without object)

1. to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
2. to tremble with emotion, cold, etc.
3. to become dislodged and fall (usually followed by off or down):
4. to move something, or its support or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing:
5. to totter; become unsteady.
6. to clasp another's hand in greeting, agreement, congratulations, etc.:
7. Music. to execute a trill.

Origin of shaking

Middle English word dating back to 1175-1225; See origin at shake, -ing¹

Examples for shaking

“I am afraid he is past ransom,” said the youth, shaking his head.

The cold was gone from Andrew, and he felt his heart thundering and shaking his body.

“I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

"There isn't much chance of that," said Robert, shaking his head.

She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.

"Thought it might be some of you folks when I saw the car," said Higbee, shaking hands all around.

Economic development, then, is not simply about adding a cornucopia of talent or cool, then shaking and stirring it like a drink.

The brother of a girl who made her debut in New Orleans society was shaking his fists in excitement.

He ended the interview by shaking her hand and saying, “I wish you the best, Kelli.”

He held up the note before Austin's eyes, with shaking fingers.