quake

quake
    n 1: 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}]
    v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
         palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {quake}, {palpitate}]
    2: shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn:
       {tremor}, {quake}]
    

Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See
   {Quake}, v. t.]
   To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Quake \Quake\, n.
   A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder;
   a quivering.
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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.
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            She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
            hawk is ready to seize.               --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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   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.
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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.
    

99 Moby Thesaurus words for "quake":
      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