Definition of "quakes" []

• Plural form of quake. (noun)

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• "And the people responsible for putting them there are those dreadful revolutionaries at whose very name Garvin quakes in his galoshesthe Communists."
• "The quakes are a further reminder of New Zealand's vulnerability due to its location in a geologically active zone know as the Pacific "ring of fire.""
• "She said she would speak to the one person whose word quakes the blood of all in his presence: the head chef."