shaking

shaking

noun

Definition of SHAKING

1

a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side <gave the bottle of salad dressing a good shaking>

Synonyms jiggling, oscillation, quivering, shaking, shivering, shuddering, trembling, twitching

Related Words juddering [chiefly British], quaking, rocking; jiggle, palpitation, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitch

2

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable <condemned the government's shaking of its overseas responsibilities>

Synonyms avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Related Words bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention

Near Antonyms abidance, endurance, submission, toleration