Definitions for quake

quake quake

Spelling: [kweyk]
IPA: /kweɪk/

Quake is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in quake (aekqu).

Definitions for quake

noun

  1. an earthquake.
  2. a trembling or tremulous agitation.

verb (used without object)

  1. (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like:
  2. (of things) to shake or tremble, as from shock, internal convulsion, or instability:

Origin of quake

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

Examples for quake

Haiti had extreme problems far pre-dating the quake that should have been central to the planning for any realistic solution.

She surveyed us both with a scorn in her eyes that made us quake a little.

If I do not make Hickman quake now-and-then, he will endeavour to make me fear.

It got to be so that whatever we touched began to quake and quiver.

Some of these waves are what we feel when the ground beneath our feet moves during a quake.

I'm that fearsome, that I declare I shiver and quake at nothing.

You'll see the plants which make me quake; you'll see the springs, such a shower of water!

In the hours before the quake, some local authorities ordered evacuations that proved effective in saving lives.

It is aware that the fear on which it ultimately thrives is that of politicians who quake at its supposed influence and money.

The smaller wineries still cleaning up from the quake are not yet equipped to process fruit.

Word Value for quake
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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