What is the meaning of shaking?

noun

• The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements.
• A shaky motion.
  • usage: "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
  • synonyms: shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation

verb

• Move or cause to move back and forth.
  • usage: "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
  • synonyms: shake, agitate
• Move with or as if with a tremor.
  • usage: "his hands shook"
  • synonyms: shake, didder
• Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively.
  • usage: "The old engine was juddering"
  • synonyms: judder, shake
• Move back and forth or sideways.
  • usage: "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
  • synonyms: rock, sway, shake
• Undermine or cause to waver.
  • usage: "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
  • synonyms: shake
• Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
  • usage: "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
  • synonyms: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Get rid of.
  • usage: "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
  • synonyms: shake, shake off, throw off, escape from
• Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking.
  • usage: "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
  • synonyms: shake
• Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state.
  • usage: "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me"
  • synonyms: shake