nnoun.statea shaky motionSynset:palpitation quiver quivering shakiness shaking vibration
Examples:- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
Derivationally Related Form:vibratevibrationalshakyquivershaketremblepalpitate
Hypernyms:motion
Inherited Hypernyms:shakingmotionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:tremolotremor
Full Hyponyms:essential tremortremolotremor
vverb.motionmove or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sidewaysExamples:- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
Derivationally Related Form:tremblertrembletrembling
Hypernyms:agitate shake
Inherited Hypernyms:trembleshakemove
Direct Hyponyms:palpitatequakequivershivershudderthrillthrob
Full Troponyms:quivershudder
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: tremble) | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: tremble)
adj satadj.allvibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breezeSynset:shaky shivering
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:steady
Derivationally Related Form:shakiness
Inherited Hypernyms:shaky
Similar to:unsteady