貧びん乏ぼうゆすり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

shaking one's legs; tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)

Refers to the habitual, often unconscious, shaking or bouncing of one's legs while seated. Commonly used in the phrase 貧乏ゆすりをする.

• 彼かれは会かい議ぎ中ちゅう、ずっと貧びん乏ぼうゆすりをしていた。

  He was shaking his leg the whole time during the meeting.

• 貧びん乏ぼうゆすりは周まわりの人ひとに迷めい惑わくになることがある。

  Leg shaking can sometimes bother people around you.