quake

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsearthquaketemblorseism

   Broadergeological phenomenon

   Narrowershocktremorseaquake

Other forms of quake

plural

quakes·

past tense

quaked·

present participle

quaking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quake

What does quake mean?

quake means "shake with fast, tremulous movements". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quake?

quake has 1 syllable: quake. In IPA it is /ˈkweɪk/.

What is another word for quake?

Close synonyms include quiver, palpitate, tremor, earthquake, temblor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quake a common word?

quake is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with quake?

1 word rhymes with quake. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.