quake

Nouns

  • (n) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity earthquake, seism, temblor,

Verbs

  • (v) shake with fast, tremulous movements
    • His nostrils palpitated
    quiver, palpitate,
  • (v) shake with seismic vibrations
    • The earth was quaking
    tremor,

Synonyms

earthquake seism temblor quiver palpitate tremor

Words of close approximity

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quack quaff quail qualm quark quart quash quasi
Quaker Quaker gun Quakerism Quakers