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How to pronounce shaking in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, trembling, vibration
Type of motion
Has types tremolo, tremor
Derivation shake


the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe.
Type Words
Type of agitation
Has types jiggle, joggle
Derivation shake

Examples of shaking

shaking
I can't tell you whether the catcher was calling for it or he was shaking to it.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
He has a program and a philosophy, and he's not shaking up either to experiment.
From the stltoday.com
I don't know how to describe the shaking, but when it ended I just felt seasick.
From the guardian.co.uk
I don't want the pretend stuff, I don't want the people shaking their jewellery.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Bin Laden had become almost irrelevant to the upheavals shaking the Middle East.
From the sacbee.com
Massey lost 20 pounds and shed 8 inches from his waist by shimmying and shaking.
From the abcnews.go.com
This is an adventure comedy about endangered species set to a rump-shaking beat.
From the kansas.com
You're hanging onto a rock face 40 feet above the ground, shaking with exertion.
From the theepochtimes.com
He doesn't even taste the food beforehand, just starts shaking the pepper sauce.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
  • Shingle: building material used as siding or roofing
  • Milkshake: frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
  • Move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
  • Judder: shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering"
  • Trill: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
  • Shake! (formerly The Core and Milkshake! FM) is a television programming block shown on UK broadcaster Five, aimed at 8 to 12 year olds. The block is currently (as of August 2010) shown on Sundays between 10am and 11am on Five. It's sister channel is Milkshake! ...
  • Shake is a song by former wham member Andrew Ridgeley,off the album Son of Albert. The song was Released in 1990 and charted in Australian charts at number 13.
  • In mechanics, a constraint algorithm is a method for satisfying constraints for bodies that obey Newton's equations of motion. ...