quaking
[adjective]
Synonyms: tremulous, aquake, aquiver, quaky, quivering, shaking, shaky, trembling, tremorous, tremulant

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quaking ppl adjective. ['kweɪkɪŋ] OE.
[from QUAKE verb + -ING².]
1. That quakes. OE.

2. That is or is like a member of the Society of Friends. M17-M18.
Special collocations: quaking aspen a N. American aspen, Populus tremuloides. quaking bog bog-land formed over water or soft mud, which shakes underfoot. quaking-grass any of several grasses of the genus Briza, esp. B. media, with broad laterally compressed spikelets dangling on slender pedicels. quaking pudding a pudding made from breadcrumbs, cream, eggs, and spices.

■ quakingly adverb M16.

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