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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake |
| Synonyms: | dance, vibrate, wobble |
| Notes: | you shimmy when you shake or vibrate; you shinny up a pole or rope |
| Main Entry: | jiggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bob, fidget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | shake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quiver, tremble |
| Synonyms: | agitate, brandish, bump, chatter, churn, commove, concuss, convulse, discompose, disquiet, disturb, dither, dodder, flap, flicker, flit, flitter, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, jar, jerk, jog, joggle, jolt, jounce, move, oscillate, palpitate, perturb, quail, quake, quaver, rattle, reel, rock, roil, ruffle, set in motion, shimmer, shimmy, shiver, shudder, stagger, stir up, succuss, sway, swing, totter, tremor, twitter, upset, vibrate, waggle, water, wave, whip, wobble |
| Main Entry: | shimmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glisten |
| Synonyms: | blaze, coruscate, dance, flare, flash, gleam, glint, glow, jiggle, phosphoresce, scintillate, shimmy, shine, sparkle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | shudder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake, quiver |
| Synonyms: | convulse, dither, gyrate, jitter, quake, shimmy, shiver, tremble, tremor, twitter, wave |
| Antonyms: | steady |
| Main Entry: | totter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move falteringly |
| Synonyms: | blunder, careen, dodder, falter, flounder, hesitate, lurch, quake, quiver, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, shake, shimmy, slide, slip, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter, topple, tremble, trip, walk unsteadily, waver, weave, wheel, wobble, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | vibration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, quivering |
| Synonyms: | beating, fluctuation, judder, oscillation, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, resonance, reverberation, shake, shimmy, throb, throbbing, trembling, tremor, vacillation, wave, wavering |
| Antonyms: | stillness |
| Main Entry: | wag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wiggle back and forth |
| Synonyms: | beat, bob, fish-tail, flutter, lash, move side to side, nod, oscillate, quiver, rock, shake, shimmy, stir, sway, swing, switch, twitch, vibrate, waggle, wave |
| Main Entry: | wiggle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | shake back and forth |
| Synonyms: | jerk, jiggle, shimmy, squirm, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, wave, worm, wriggle, writhe, zigzag |
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