noun
- A shaky motion.
- usage: "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
verb
- Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.
- usage: "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
- synonyms: tremble
adjective
- Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e. G. With fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze.
- usage: "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
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