'Quake' definitions:
Definition of 'quake'
(from WordNet)
noun
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: earthquake, quake, temblor, seism]
verb
verb
Shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn: tremor, quake]
Definition of 'Quake'
From: GCIDE
- Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] [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." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 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." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quake'
From: GCIDE
- Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.] To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quake'
From: GCIDE
- Quake \Quake\, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apoplexy,
- be cold,
- bob,
- bobble,
- bounce,
- breakup,
- bump,
- cataclysm,
- chatter,
- chill,
- climax,
- convulsion,
- diastrophism,
- didder,
- disaster,
- dither,
- earthquake,
- falter,
- fidget,
- fit,
- flip out,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- freak out on,
- freeze,
- freeze to death,
- get high on,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- grimace,
- grow cold,
- have a chill,
- have an ague,
- have goose pimples,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- horripilate,
- hustle,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- lose heat,
- overthrow,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- paroxysm,
- perish with cold,
- quaker,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- rictus,
- shake,
- shake all over,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shudder,
- spasm,
- squirm,
- stagger,
- stroke,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- temblor,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- tic,
- tidal wave,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- trembler,
- tremblor,
- tremor,
- tsunami,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- upheaval,
- vibrate,
- waver,
- wiggle,
- wobble,
- wriggle,
- writhe