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| 1. | [ adjective ] vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | |
| Synonyms: | trembling quivering shaking shivering shaky | |
| Examples: | "a quaking bog" "the quaking child" "quivering leaves of a poplar tree" "with shaking knees" "seemed shaky on her feet" "trembling hands" |
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| Related terms: | unsteady | |
