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(v)
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
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(figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
(n)
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
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.
(intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
(intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
(intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
(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.
To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.
(obsolete, intransitive) To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified.
(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
(intransitive, rare, obsolete) To shiver or shudder.
(simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
Alternative form of quake in one's boots. [(informal, idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.]
(intransitive) To tremble, quiver
jolt, shake (brisk movement)
(obsolete) A drink.
(ambitransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.
(intransitive, obsolete) To quake or tremble exceedingly.
(transitive and intransitive) Alternative form of shoogle. [(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.]
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
Object that rattles.
(informal) A scare or fright.
(transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.
A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
(intransitive, slang) To enthuse about a specific topic; to be engrossed in an interest, especially in discussing it with others.
Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
A strong feeling of anxiety.
(figurative) A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
to shake again
(idiomatic) To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
(transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
To cause to quiver.
(uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
A formation of minerals, specifically:
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
A relatively weak shaking movement.
(uncommon, intransitive) To experience trepidation.
To harass or torment with dread or nightmares.
(fishing) A type of dragnet with a bag in the center and a very fine mesh.
(informal, transitive) To make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.
Synonym of make someone's flesh creep.
(mildly vulgar, chiefly slang) To frighten (someone or an animal).
(dialectal) A marshy spot; bog, quagmire; quicksand.
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
(transitive, informal) to scare, to frighten
to cower
(Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
An act of jolting.
To suddenly become scared, frightened or panicked.
(chiefly Scotland, Northern England) A state of indecision or confusion; a panicked state; a flap, fluster, or dither.
the sound of a wuthering wind.
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To shake.
(transitive, informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.
A surname from German.
Synonym of make someone's skin crawl.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be in a state of fearful alarm.
(dialect) A rumble of the stomach.
The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
(slang, transitive) To terrify thoroughly.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration.