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Definitions for Quaking

[1] (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
[2] (of things) to shake or tremble, as from shock, internal convulsion, or instability: The earth suddenly began to quake.
[3] an earthquake.
[4] a trembling or tremulous agitation.
[5] unstable or unsafe to walk on, as a bog or quicksand a quaking bog ; quaking sands
[6] to shake or tremble with or as with fear
[7] to convulse or quiver, as from instability
[8] the act or an instance of quaking
[9] informal short for earthquake

Words related to Quaking

quakequail, totter, pulsate, quiver, throb, convulse, twitter, move, jar, cower, shrink, shudder, fluctuate, shiver, waver, rock, tremor, tremble, wobble, jitter

Words nearby Quaking

quakequail clock, quail dove, quail-brush, quaint, quair, quake, quake in one's boots, quakeproof, quaker, quaker gun, quaker meeting

Origin of Quaking

ebefore 900; Middle English; Old English cwacian to shake, tremble

Other words from Quaking

quak·ing·ly , adverb
un·quak·ing , adjective

Word origin for Quaking

eOld English cwacian; related to Old English cweccan to shake, Old Irish bocaim, German wackeln

Synonyms for Quaking

convulse, cower, fluctuate, jar, jitter, move, pulsate, quail, quiver, rock, shiver, shrink, shudder, throb, totter, tremble, tremor, twitter, waver, wobble