Irregular motion
Irregular motion
#315. [Irregular motion.] Agitation. -- N. agitation, stir, tremor,
shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion[obs], trepidation,
quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation|, quassation|; shuffling 7c. v.;
twitter, flicker, flutter.
- turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult,
tumultuation|; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus[obs],
staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology[obs], chorea,
floccillation[obs], the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus[obs].
- spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion.
- disturbance, chaos &c. (disorder) 59; restlessness &c.
(changeableness) 149.
- ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly,
cahotage[obs]; 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[obs], 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[obs].
- Adj. shaking &c. v.; agitated tremulous; desultory, subsultory|;
saltatoric[obs]; quasative[obs]; shambling; giddy-paced, saltatory[obs],
convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter.
- Adv. by fits and starts; subsultorily| &c. adj[obs].; per
saltum[Lat]; hop skip and jump; in convulsions, in fits.
- Phr. tempete dans un verre d'eau[Fr].