shaking a leg
phrase
1
as in dancing
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music The DJ played music that was sure to make every party guest get up and shake a leg. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dancing
- tripping the light fantastic
- hoofing (it)
- footing (it)
- stepping
- polkaing
- shuffling
- prancing
- strutting
- mamboing
- waltzing
- fox-trotting
- gavotting
- shagging
- jigging
- bopping
- jitterbugging
- boogying
- shimmying
- tripping
- tangoing
- boogeying
- jiving
- treading
- twisting
- tap-dancing
2
as in racing
to proceed or move quickly We'd better shake a leg if we want to make the movie! Synonyms & Similar Words
- racing
- traveling
- flying
- speeding
- driving
- rushing
- hurrying
- trotting
- scurrying
- zipping
- jumping
- chasing
- buzzing
- running
- beating it
- travelling
- blowing
- scooting
- stepping
- cracking (on)
- making tracks
- darting
- bowling
- stepping on it
- tearing
- blasting
- dashing
- getting a move on
- zooming
- ripping
- scuttling
- shooting
- hotfooting (it)
- jogging
- ramming
- whirling
- blazing
- bolting
- rustling
- hustling
- humping
- bustling
- haring
- hurling
- barreling
- bundling
- hying
- hastening
- motoring
- hurtling
- whisking
- rocketing
- pelting
- belting
- breezing
- jetting
- careering
- nipping
- bombing
- coursing
- stepping out
- careening
- galloping
- highballing
- cannonballing
- catching up
- barrelling
- hieing
- flitting
- scudding
- scampering
- sprinting
- scuffling
- streaking
- accelerating
- beetling
- whizzing
- stampeding
- quickening
- outpacing
- overtaking
- outstripping
- outrunning
- arrowing
- beelining
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hanging (around or out)
- creeping
- crawling
- lingering
- dragging
- poking
- lagging
- slowing (down or up)
- loitering
- poking
- strolling
- dawdling
- shuffling
- sauntering
- ambling
- plodding
- lumbering
- dallying
- decelerating
- tarrying
- dillydallying