quake

Noun · Verb
US[kweyk]/kweɪk/1 syllable
Synonyms: earthquaketemblorseismquiverpalpitatetremor

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)quakes

  1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activitySynonyms: earthquaketemblorseismType of geological phenomenonKinds seaquake, shock, tremor

Verb (2)quakes, quaked, quaking

  1. shake with fast, tremulous movements“His nostrils palpitated”Synonyms: quiverpalpitateMore general tremble
  2. shake with seismic vibrations“The earth was quaking”Synonyms: tremorMore general shake, agitate

Related words tremor verb, quaker noun, microseism noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Quake (kwāk), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Quaked (kwākt); present participle & verbal noun Quaking.]

Origin: AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.

1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. “Quaking for dread.” Geoffrey Chaucer

She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.— Sir Philip Sidney

2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. “ Over quaking bogs.” Thomas Babington Macaulay

Quake transitive verb

Origin: Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, transitive verb

To cause to quake. obsolete William Shakespeare

Quake (kwāk), noun

1. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

2. An earthquake. Syn. — earthquake; tremor; temblor.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Quake

A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.

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