quake

  • 21Quake — 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 …

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  • 22Quake II — es un motor y juego de acción en primera persona desarrollado por id Software y distribuido por Activision en 1997. Aunque usa el nombre de Quake, también de id y es considerado, de hecho como su secuela, su historia se aparta totalmente del… …

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  • 23quake — quake; sea·quake; mi·cro·quake; …

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  • 24Quake — Quake, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25quake — (v.) O.E. cwacian quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth), related to cweccan to shake, swing, move, vibrate, of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside English. Perhaps somehow imitative. Related: Quaked; quaking. The noun is attested from… …

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  • 26quake — [n] earthquake aftershock, convulsion, quaker, seism, shake, shock, temblor, tremblor, tremor; concept 526 quake [v] shake, vibrate convulse, cower, fluctuate, jar, jitter, move, pulsate, quail, quiver, rock, shiver, shrink, shudder, throb,… …

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  • 27quake — index beat (pulsate), cataclysm Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 28quake — vb *shake, tremble, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, teeter, shimmy, dither Analogous words: quail, shrink, *recoil: vibrate, fluctuate, waver (see SWING): falter, vacillate, *hesitate …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 29quake — ► VERB 1) (especially of the earth) shake or tremble. 2) shudder with fear. ► NOUN informal ▪ an earthquake. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 30quake — [kwāk] vi. quaked, quaking [ME quaken < OE cwacian] 1. to tremble or shake, as the ground does in an earthquake 2. to shudder or shiver, as from fear or cold n. 1. a shaking or tremor 2. an earthquake, moonquake, etc …

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