sacudida

n. shake, tremor, vibration; jolt, shock; twitch

n. shake, act of moving back and forth quickly, jolt

adj. jerky, tending to move in fits and starts

= jolt, jerk, lurch, shaking.
Ex: The automation of the catalogue was the single most disconcerting jolt to hit modern libraries up to that time.
Ex: He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).
Ex: The leftward lurch in the Swedish Social-Democratic Party since 1973 led to a sudden demand for 'industrial democracy' & 'worker participation.
Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.
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* dar una sacudida = give + a shake, give + a jerk.
* sacudida eléctrica = electric shock.
* sacudidas = jarring.

= shake up, jar, jolt, flail, thrash, wallop.
Ex: This will shake up library managers no end.
Ex: She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.
Ex: When the area was jolted by a severe earthquake rescue teams rushed in from all over the country.
Ex: The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.
Ex: Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.
Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.
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* sacudir de lo lindo = knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of.
* sacudir el polvo = dust.
* sacudirse de encima = shake off.