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, vibration, shivering, shuddering, trembling, twitchingRelated 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, escape, shunningRelated Words bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, preventionNear Antonyms abidance, endurance, submission, toleration