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Quake vs Quakey - What's the difference?

quake | quakey |

As a noun quake

is a trembling]] or [[shake|shaking.

As a verb quake

is (lb) to tremble or shake.

As an adjective quakey is

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quake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trembling]] or [[shake, shaking.
    • We felt a quake in the apartment every time 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

  • (lb) To tremble or shake.
  • :
  • *Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
  • *:She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.
  • *
  • *:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  • To cause to tremble or shake.
  • :(Shakespeare)

    • Derived terms

    * Quaker ----

    quakey

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • * 1868? , Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
    • I didn't feel blushy or quakey , but quite cool and only a little excited.