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Definition of Quaking

Quaking
Quake 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. --Sir P. Sidney. 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.
Quaking
Quaking Quak"ing, a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen.

Meaning of Quaking from wikipedia

- Look up quake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quake may refer to: Earthquake, a shaking of the Earth's surface Quake (natural phenomenon), surface...
- leaves of the quaking aspen and other species in the genus Populus serve as food for caterpillars of various moths and butterflies. Quaking aspen trees...
- Linux Quaking!". Happypenguin.org. May 13, 1999. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. "Product Release – Quake: The Offering, Quake II: Collusus"...
- Quake is a series of first-person shooter video games, developed by id Software and, as of 2010, published by Bethesda Softworks. The series is composed...
- Quaking Houses is a small village near to the town of Stanley in County Durham, in England. It may have been originally settled by Quakers,[citation needed]...
- Quaking Bridge is a bridge over the Castle Mill Stream in the city of Oxford, England. It connects to St Thomas' Street and Paradise Street and Tidmarsh...
- The Quakes are an American psychobilly band from Buffalo, New York, United States. They were formed in 1986. When the band began in the late 1980s, there...
- Pando (from Latin pando 'I spread') is the world's largest tree, a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) located in Sevier County, Utah, United States,...
- Quake 4 is a 2005 first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the fourth title in the Quake series,...
- Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It is the second installment of the Quake series...