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(v)
(figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
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(intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
(intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
(n)
A sudden surge of excitement.
(intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
(ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
(intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
(adj)
(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
(transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
(intransitive) To shake, rattle, or wiggle.
(intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
(telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
(simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
(obsolete) A drink.
(intransitive, rare, obsolete) To shiver or shudder.
(obsolete, intransitive) To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified.
(intransitive) To tremble, quiver
A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
To cause to quiver.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
Alternative form of quake in one's boots. [(informal, idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.]
jolt, shake (brisk movement)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration.
(uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
to shake again
(figurative) A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
A fluttering movement
(chiefly Scotland, Northern England) A state of indecision or confusion; a panicked state; a flap, fluster, or dither.
(intransitive, obsolete) To quake or tremble exceedingly.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
(Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
(transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
(transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
A formation of minerals, specifically:
(obsolete) To shake violently; shake to pieces.
(transitive and intransitive) Alternative form of shoogle. [(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.]
Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
(uncommon, intransitive) To experience trepidation.
(ambitransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
A surname from German.
To suddenly become scared, frightened or panicked.
A strong feeling of anxiety.
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
A spasmodic shaking.
(dialectal) A marshy spot; bog, quagmire; quicksand.
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
(intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
to frisk
An act of jolting.
(informal) A scare or fright.
An industrial worker employed to heat something.
Synonym of make someone's flesh creep.
A short blow or gust.
Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
The beginning of an activity.
(obsolete or dialectal) A shovel.
A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.
(informal) To agree by shaking hands; to close a deal.
(idiomatic) To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
(intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
(poetic) To quiver upward.
(slang) To dance.
the sound of a wuthering wind.
(crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
(in particular) To make angry.
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To shake.
Synonym of make someone's skin crawl.
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
(transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be in a state of fearful alarm.