SHAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shaking mean? 

• SHAKING (noun)
  The noun SHAKING has 2 senses:

1. the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

2. a shaky motion

  Familiarity information: SHAKING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shaking" is a kind of...):

agitation (the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaking"):

jiggle; joggle (a slight irregular shaking motion)

Derivation:

shake (move or cause to move back and forth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shaky motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

palpitation; quiver; quivering; shakiness; shaking; trembling; vibration

Context example:

the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe

Hypernyms ("shaking" is a kind of...):

motion (a state of change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaking"):

tremolo ((music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones)

tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease))

Derivation:

shake (move with or as if with a tremor)

 Context examples 

There was a sound as if he was shaking the dying man, and it was all that I could do to hold myself quiet in my hiding-place.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“My God!” cried Alleyne, shaking in every limb.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No,” replied Em'ly, shaking her head, “I'm afraid of the sea.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I could not forbear shaking my head, and smiling a little at his ignorance.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“Try you again, Roddy!” said he, shaking his pipe at me.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Ha! You put me off, do you?” said our new visitor, taking a step forward and shaking his hunting-crop.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I did hope you'd stay respectable and be a satisfaction to your friends, said Jo, shaking her head.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Head was against head, and he was shaking him back and forth.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"No, no, not at all," Martin answered, shaking hands and waving him to the solitary chair, himself taking to the bed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And he took another swallow of the brandy, shaking his great fair head like a man who looks forward to the worst.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)