vt to cause to quake.
2. quake ·noun a tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
3. quake ·vi 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.
4. quake ·vi to be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, ·etc.; to shudder; to tremble.