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

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Usage examples (35)
  • It is what they call shaking off the yoke, and they try to imitate this.
  • Flight attendant: “Well, the shaking is the turbulence that the plane is flying through, and the noise is coming from the engines.”
  • The AAP memo states shaking is dangerous to children as old as 5.
  • The mystery of ecstatic shaking has been called shaking medicine.
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