secouer — meaning in English

English meaning

• jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
• judder noun A spasmodic shaking.
• rock noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.
• shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.
• twitch noun A small, sudden, often involuntary movement of a muscle.

Senses

secouer is used for these senses in English:

• jolt (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
• judder (intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
• rock (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
• shake off To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
• twitch (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.

jolt — full definition

1. verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
2. noun A sudden shock or shake, whether physical or emotional.

judder — full definition

1. noun A spasmodic shaking.
2. noun Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder

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