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(v)
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
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(dialect, intransitive) To rattle or shiver.
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
(n)
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
(intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
(transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
A female given name from the Germanic languages popular in England since the Middle Ages.
(intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
(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.
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
(telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
A formation of minerals, specifically:
(intransitive) To tilt back and forth on an edge.
(intransitive) To tremble, quiver
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
(obsolete) A drink.
(intransitive, obsolete) To quake or tremble exceedingly.
To cause to quiver.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration.
(figurative) A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
The state of being undecided; indecision; vacillation.
(simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
(obsolete, intransitive) To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified.
A relatively weak shaking movement.
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
(dialectal) A marshy spot; bog, quagmire; quicksand.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
(intransitive, rare, obsolete) To shiver or shudder.
(obsolete) To vibrate.
A fluttering movement
(intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
(transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
to shake again
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
(transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
(transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
(uncommon, intransitive) To experience trepidation.
A surname from German.
(poetic) To quiver upward.
(uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
jolt, shake (brisk movement)
A short blow or gust.
Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
An act of jolting.
Alternative form of quake in one's boots. [(informal, idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.]
To vibrate back or again.
(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
(obsolete) To shake violently; shake to pieces.
(British, slang) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.
the sound of a wuthering wind.
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
A wriggling movement.
(adj)
Wavy in appearance or form.
(intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.
(architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.
(transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
(obsolete) To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch.
A wobbling motion.
(nonstandard) To agitate or disturb; to upset, harass.
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
(chiefly Scotland, Northern England) A state of indecision or confusion; a panicked state; a flap, fluster, or dither.
(UK, dialect) The European lancefish.
(rare, intransitive) To throb or beat.
A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
(idiomatic, chiefly China) To unthinkingly obey or pander to authorities, especially the Chinese government.
(informal, originally New Age jargon, often in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
To wail, mewl (as an infant).
A beating, vibration or palpitation.
(intransitive) To vacillate.
A mischievous sprite.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be old and infirm; to tremble in movement or ramble in speech, as in old age.
A wiggling movement.
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
(archaic, transitive) To cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
(obsolete) To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.