Quake

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1. Verb

To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

2. Verb

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.

3. Verb

To cause to quake.

4. Noun

A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

5. Noun

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
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