QUAKES
Noun
quakes
plural of quake
Verb
quakes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quake
Anagrams
• squeak
Source: Wiktionary
QUAKE
Quake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] Etym:
[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.
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to
seize. Sir P. Sidney.
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.
Quake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.]
Definition: To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak.
Quake, n.
Definition: A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a
quivering.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition