Synonyms for quake

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kweyk

Phonetic Transcription : kweɪk

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Définition of quake

Origin : Old English 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. In reference to earth tremors, probably by c.1200. Related: Quaked; quaking.

noun earthquake
verb shake, vibrate

Example sentences :

If I do not make Hickman quake now-and-then, he will endeavour to make me fear.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

She surveyed us both with a scorn in her eyes that made us quake a little.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

You'll see the plants which make me quake; you'll see the springs, such a shower of water!
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

I'm that fearsome, that I declare I shiver and quake at nothing.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

It got to be so that whatever we touched began to quake and quiver.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

He was, I think, the only man in Thrums who did not quake when the minister looked at him.
Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie

He noticed her strange coldness, and his heart began to quake.
Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade

The concrete was a 1-4-7 mixture wet enough to quake when rammed.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

There are moments when I quake with the fear that it is all a dream.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Calandrino incontinent began to quake and said, 'Alack, how so?
Extract from : « The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio » by Giovanni Boccaccio

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