earthquake

earthquake is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. Face value is 26 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 26 · Words With Friends 26 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.
2. adjective. Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.
3. noun. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

   Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor

4. noun. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive

   "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"

Synonyms

quake, seism, temblor

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in earthquake:

heartquake

Common word forms

earthquaked, earthquakes, earthquaking

Words from these letters

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