Present participle of shake; moving rapidly back and forth or up and down with quick, short movements
From Old English sceacan meaning to move quickly to and fro, from Proto-Germanic skakanan
Shaking is one of our most basic human responses - we shake hands to show we're not holding weapons, and we shake when we're scared as an ancient preparation for fight or flight!
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