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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To shake or tremble, as from instability or shock.
  2. v. To shiver, as with cold or from strong emotion. See Synonyms at shake.
  3. n. An instance of quaking.
  4. n. An earthquake.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To shake; tremble; be agitated by tremors or shocks. Specifically— To tremble from cold, weakness, or fear; shiver; shudder.
  2. To tremble from internal convulsions or shocks.
  3. To tremble from want of solidity or firmness: as, quaking jelly; a quaking bog.
  4. and.
  5. To vibrate, quiver.
  6. To cause to shake or tremble; throw into agitation or trembling; cause to shiver or shudder.
  7. n. A shake; a trembling; a tremulous agitation; a shuddering.
  8. n. Fear; dismay.
  9. n. A rather large basket with rounded bottom, made of open wickerwork, used for packing, storing provisions, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A trembling or shaking.
  2. n. An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
  3. v. To tremble or shake.
  4. v. To tremble or shake with fear.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
  2. v. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind
  3. v. obsolete To cause to quake.
  4. n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. shake with fast, tremulous movements
  2. v. shake with seismic vibrations
  3. n. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian ("to quake, tremble, chatter"), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōnan (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”), related to Old English cweccan ("to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up") (see quitch), Eastern Frisian kwakkelje ("to flounder, limp"), Dutch kwakkelen ("to ail, be ailing"), German Quackelei ("chattering"), Danish kvakle ("to bungle"), Latin vēxō ("toss, shake violently, jostle, vex"), Irish bogadh ("a move, movement, shift, change"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Prolagus When I needed someone I chose you
    Because the fledgling soul awakes
    And on the balcony she quakes
    And she is waiting for the sign
    And when the brother does not come
    And when the sister's much too young, she chooses you.


    (A dawn and dusky blonde, by God Help the Girl) Nov 5, 2009

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