| Noun | 1. | shaking - the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements |
| 2. | shaking - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" | |
| Adj. | 1. | shaking - vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" |