Quake
Quake (kwāk) , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon cwacian; compare German quackeln. Compare Quagmire.]
1.
To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
Quaking for dread.
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
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.
Quake , transitive verb
[Compare Anglo-Saxon cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, transitive verb]
To cause to quake. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Quake (kwāk) , noun
1.
A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
2.
An earthquake.