scuotere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
- gnash verb To grind your teeth together because you are angry or in pain.
- jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
- nod verb To move the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment.
- shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.
- sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
Senses
scuotere is used for these senses in English:
- agitate (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.]
- gnash (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
- jolt (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- nod (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- shake (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- shake (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- shake (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- sway (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
agitate — full definition
- verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
- verb To shake or stir something with force.
- verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.
gnash — full definition
- verb To grind your teeth together because you are angry or in pain.
- verb To crush something by grinding it between the teeth.
- verb To strike together with force.
- verb To flee or run off.
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