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Shaken Common

Shaken has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A flat shuriken resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.

"The master tossed the shaken weapon into the air, watching it spin like a small sun before slicing through the target."

Verb
1

past participle of shake

"After hearing the loud crash, she was completely shaken and couldn't stop trembling from head to toe."

Adjective
1

disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

"retrieved his named from her jolted memory"

"the accident left her badly shaken"

2

In a state of shock or trauma.

"After hearing about the car crash, she sat in stunned silence, completely shaken by what she had just witnessed."

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Origin

Shaken comes from Middle English, where it originally meant to tremble or shake. The word evolved through the addition of a prefix and suffix that formed its past participle form.

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