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quake¹
- /kweɪk/ US, UK
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
noun quakes
- A trembling or shaking. We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
- An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force. California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.
- Something devastating, like a strong earthquake. But HS1 was more exposed to the COVID quake than most given its inherent reliance on international travel, which had collapsed, leaving cross-Channel operator Eurostar stacked with millions of debt.
verb quakes · quaking · quaked · quoke
- To tremble or shake. I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.
- To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble. Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp o
Quake²
proper noun
- The 99th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tremor, quiver, temblor, seism, earthquake, tremble, shaking, jolt, shake, shock, twitch, epicenter, tsunami, seismological, seismic, seismology
Translations
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verb tremble or shake
| हिन्दी | काँपना kā̃pnā |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | beben |
| Italiano | tremare |
| العربية | اِقْشَعَرَّ iqšaʕarra |
name 99th sura of the Qur'an
| العربية | سورة الزلزلة |
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