ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion†, trepidation, quiver,
quaver, dance; jactitation†, quassation†; shuffling &c v.; twitter,
flicker, flutter.
turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult,
tumultuation†; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus†, staggers,
megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology†, chorea, floccillation†, the jerks,
St.
Vitus's dance, tilmus†.
spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion.
disturbance, chaos &c (disorder) 59; restlessness &c
(changeableness) 149.
ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly,
cahotage†; tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex &c
312; whirlwind &c (wind) 349.
V. be agitated &c; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver,
quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire†, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble,
stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel;
dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet,
prance, cavort [U.S.]; squirm.
throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat; flutter, flitter,
flicker, bicker; bustle.
ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer.
toss about, jump about; jump like a parched pea; shake like an
aspen leaf; shake to its center, shake to its foundations; be the sport
of the winds and waves; reel to and fro like a drunken man; move from
post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and
from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish,
flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet,
hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip,
vellicate†.
Adj. shaking &c v.; agitated tremulous; desultory, subsultory†;
saltatoric†; quasative†; shambling; giddy-paced, saltatory†, convulsive,
unquiet, restless, all of a twitter.
Adv. by fits and starts; subsultorily† &c adj.†; per saltum [Lat.]; hop
skip and jump; in convulsions, in fits.
Phr. tempete dans un verre d'eau [Fr.].
CLASS III
WORDS RELATING TO MATTER
SECTION I.
MATTER IN GENERAL