Verb

• S: (v) convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate (move or stir about violently) "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) shake, agitate (move or cause to move back and forth) "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
• S: (v) fluff up, plump up, shake up (make fuller by shaking) "fluff up the pillows"
• S: (v) fan (agitate the air)
• S: (v) tremble (move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways) "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
• S: (v) tremor, quake (shake with seismic vibrations) "The earth was quaking"
• S: (v) palpitate (cause to throb or beat rapidly) "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"
• S: (v) convulse (shake uncontrollably) "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
• S: (v) sparge (agitate by introducing air or compressed gas) "sparge the water"
• S: (v) succuss, shake up (shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body))
• S: (v) concuss (shake violently)
• S: (v) rattle (shake and cause to make a rattling noise)
• S: (v) convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate (move or stir about violently) "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
• S: (v) jiggle, joggle, wiggle (move to and fro) "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
• derivationally related form
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