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quake
English
Etymology
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwak?n? (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?og- (“to shake, swing”), related to Old English cwe??an (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin v?x? (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwe?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k
Noun
quake (plural quakes)
- A trembling or 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.
Translations
Verb
quake (third-person singular simple present quakes, present participle quaking, simple past and past participle quaked or (archaic) quoke or (obsolete) quook)
- (intransitive) To tremble or shake.
- 1575-86, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Dorus threw Pamela behind a tree; where she stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is even ready to seize.
- 1575-86, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
- 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.
- 1598-99, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act I, Scene I
- If Cupid have not spent all his quiver in / Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.
- 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene II
- Now could I drink hot blood / And do such bitter business as the bitter day / Would quake to look on.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2, Act IV, Scene VIII
- Who honours not his father, Henry the fifth, that made all France to quake, Shake he his weapon at us, and pass by.
- Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and carefulness.
Derived terms
- quakebreech
- quakebuttock
- Quaker
Translations
German
Pronunciation
Verb
quake
- inflection of quaken:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle English
Verb
quake
- Alternative form of quaken
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oscillate
English
Etymology
From Latin ?scill?tus, perfect passive participle of Latin ?scill? (“swing”), from ?scillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ?scillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ?s (“mouth, face”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??s?le?t/
Verb
oscillate (third-person singular simple present oscillates, present participle oscillating, simple past and past participle oscillated)
- (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
- (intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
- (intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.
Synonyms
- vacillate
Derived terms
- oscillator
Related terms
- oscillation
Translations
See also
- undulate
Further reading
- oscillate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oscillate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- oscillate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Tesla coil, lactisole, localites, teocallis
Italian
Verb
oscillate
- second-person plural present indicative of oscillare
- second-person plural imperative of oscillare
- feminine plural of oscillato
Anagrams
- alcoliste
- costellai
- scolliate
- sollecita
- solletica
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- what oscillates in gravitational waves
- what oscillates in em waves
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