Quaking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Trembling; fear; agitation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from quake, v.
  • an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen.
  • a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon.
  • Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The action of the verb to quake.
  • adjective. That shakes or shivers.
  • verb. Present participle of quake.
  • Word Usage
    "The term quaking bog is derived from the quaking sensation one feels while walking across these floating vegetative mats."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aching  baking  braking  breaking  faking  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    quake  
    verb-stem
    quake