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• present participle of shake.

shaking

American  

[shey-king] / ˈʃeɪ kɪŋ /

noun

shakings plural

1. the act of a person or thing that shakes.

2. ague, with or without chill and fever.

3. Nautical. shakings, waste rope, canvas, etc.

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adjective

1. moving or swaying with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements; quivering.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unshaking
  adjective
• shakingly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• shakings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of shaking

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at shake, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Shaking off its defeat in the Warner Bros. bidding war, Comcast is focusing on its big sports bet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

The sect is known as the Shaking Quakers, for their combination of a Quakerish faith in the individual spiritual experience and a worship style characterized by a feral sort of dancing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Shaking can break open new rock surfaces, force out fluids that were previously sealed away, and redirect the flow of water through the subsurface.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025

Shaking off the revelations, Nawrocki posted a video on social media set to an old Chumbawamba song, with the chorus, "I get knocked down, but I get up again".

From BBC • May 29, 2025

Shaking his head, he went on, “It’s still a mystery to me how you manage to come out number one in the class. What’s the problem?”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane