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1. To act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain.
2. To make a fuss; be agitated; SYN. flap, pother.
1 To be nervous or act in a nervous way.
2 To make continuous fast repetitive movements.
To give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency; SYN. waver.
To shake with fast, tremulous movements; SYN. quake.
1. To move involuntarily up and down or sideways
2. To move with a tremor; SYN. shake, didder.
ETYM Old Eng. schivere, from shive; cf. German schifer a splinter, slate, Old High Germ. scivere a splinter, Dan. and Swed. skifer a slate. Related to Shive, Skever.
1. Trembling or shaking.
2. A small fragment or shard.
Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement; SYN. shiver, shake.
ETYM Latin, from tremere to tremble. Related to Tremble.
Minor earthquake.
Involuntary quivering or shaking of a part of the body. It may be due to fatigue, anxiety, advanced age, debility or a range of neurological conditions, especially Parkinson's disease.
1. A small earthquake; SYN. earth tremor, microseism.
2. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear); SYN. shudder.
ETYM French trépidation, Latin trepidatio, from trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Greek strephein to turn, Eng. torture.
A feeling of alarm or dread.