quake
n.
shiver, shudder; tremor, tremble; earthquake
v.
tremble, shake, shiver, shudder
Quake
n.
popular three-dimensional Internet computer game that exists in several versions
Quake
This article is about the original video game. For the series as a whole, see
Quake (series). For other uses, see
Quake (disambiguation). Quake is a
first-person shooter computer game that was released by
id Software on
June 22,
1996. It was the first game in the popular
Quake series of computer and video games.The majority of programming work on the Quake engine was done by
John Carmack.
Michael Abrash, a program performance optimization specialist, was brought in to help make the software rendering engine fast enough to be feasible. The game design and layout was done by John Romero. The sound effects and music for the game were composed by
Trent Reznor, of
Nine Inch Nails (within the game, the ammo box for the nailgun has the Nine Inch Nails logo on it in reference to this). Quake was released just as the Internet was commercially coming of age, and much of Quake's popularity arose because it was one of the few games of its kind playable over the internet rather than just a local network.
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quake
Noun
1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
(synonym) earthquake, temblor, seism
(hypernym) geological phenomenon
(hyponym) shock, seismic disturbance
(derivation) tremor
Verb
1. shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
(synonym) quiver, palpitate
(hypernym) tremble
(derivation) quaker, trembler
2. shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
(synonym) tremor
(hypernym) shake, agitate
(derivation) earthquake, temblor, seism
quaken
v.
squeak, croak, quack, make a harsh rasping sound, produce a quacking sound like that of a duck
quäken
v.
squeak, make a creaking sound; chirp, twitter
Quake
(v. t.)
To cause to quake.
(v. i.)
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.
(v. i.)
To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
(n.)
A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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