Quake (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. "Quaking for dread." Chaucer.

She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.

2. 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. " Over quaking bogs." Macaulay.

Quake, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.] To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak.

Quake, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

[[noun]]
• a trembling or shaking.
       We felt a quake in the apartment everytime the train went by.
  
• an earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
       California is plagued by quakes, there are a few minor ones almost every month.
  
  [[verb]]
• to tremble or shake.
       I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet
  
• to tremble or shake with fear.
       When the bad-guy suddenly appeared on screen, I quaked uncontrollably