Woman joins British sailor, shaking (9)

I believe the answer is:

vibrating

'shaking' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'woman joins british sailor' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'Vi' (short for Violet).
'joins' says to put letters next to each other.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'sailor' becomes 'rating' (British term for a naval enlisted man).
'vi'+'b'+'rating'='VIBRATING'

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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