v. i.
To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
v. i.
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.
n.
A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
n.
One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
n.
Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
n.
A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
a.
Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
n.
The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
a.
Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.
n.
The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
adv.
In a quaking manner; fearfully.
a.
Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.