| agitate | | |
| v. (social) | 1. agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ rumpus | cause a disturbance. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (social) | 3. agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" |
| ~ advertize, advertise, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| ~ advertize, advertise, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| v. (motion) | 4. agitate, budge, shift, stir | move very slightly.; "He shifted in his seat" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 5. agitate, shake | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ fluff up, plump up, shake up | make fuller by shaking.; "fluff up the pillows" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ fan | agitate the air. |
| ~ tremble | move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" |
| ~ tremor, quake | shake with seismic vibrations.; "The earth was quaking" |
| ~ palpitate | cause to throb or beat rapidly.; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" |
| ~ convulse | shake uncontrollably.; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside" |
| ~ sparge | agitate by introducing air or compressed gas.; "sparge the water" |
| ~ succuss, shake up | shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body). |
| ~ concuss | shake violently. |
| ~ rattle | shake and cause to make a rattling noise. |
| ~ jactitate, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, thrash, convulse, toss, slash | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ jiggle, joggle, wiggle | move to and fro.; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" |
| v. (contact) | 6. agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ rile, roil | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. |
| ~ poke | stir by poking.; "poke the embers in the fireplace" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| shake | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. shake, shingle | building material used as siding or roofing. |
| ~ building material | material used for constructing buildings. |
| n. (food) | 2. milk shake, milkshake, shake | frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream. |
| ~ drink | a single serving of a beverage.; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner" |
| ~ eggshake | a milkshake with egg in it. |
| ~ frappe | thick milkshake containing ice cream. |
| ~ malt, malted, malted milk | a milkshake made with malt powder. |
| n. (communication) | 3. shake, trill | a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. |
| ~ musical note, note, tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.; "the singer held the note too long" |
| n. (communication) | 4. handclasp, handshake, handshaking, shake | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract). |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| n. (act) | 5. shake, shiver, tremble | a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement. |
| ~ inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus. |
| n. (act) | 6. shake, wag, waggle | causing to move repeatedly from side to side. |
| ~ agitation | the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously). |
| v. (body) | 7. didder, shake | move with or as if with a tremor.; "his hands shook" |
| ~ move involuntarily, move reflexively | move in an uncontrolled manner. |
| v. (motion) | 8. judder, shake | shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively.; "The old engine was juddering" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ vibrate | shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner. |
| v. (motion) | 9. rock, shake, sway | move back and forth or sideways.; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" |
| ~ roll | move, rock, or sway from side to side.; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" |
| ~ rock, sway | cause to move back and forth.; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" |
| ~ nutate | rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily. |
| ~ swag | sway heavily or unsteadily. |
| ~ move back and forth | move in one direction and then into the opposite direction. |
| ~ totter | move without being stable, as if threatening to fall.; "The drunk man tottered over to our table" |
| v. (change) | 10. shake | undermine or cause to waver.; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| v. (emotion) | 11. excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ fuel | stimulate.; "fuel the debate on creationism" |
| ~ sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ thrill, tickle, vibrate | feel sudden intense sensation or emotion.; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" |
| ~ invite, tempt | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" |
| ~ elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| ~ animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ titillate | excite pleasurably or erotically.; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" |
| v. (motion) | 12. escape from, shake, shake off, throw off | get rid of.; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| v. (change) | 13. shake | bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking.; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (communication) | 14. shake | shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state.; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!" |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
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