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skyquake

noun

Etymology

From sky + quake.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. compounded as skyquake — “sky + quake”

Definitions

  1. An unexplained phenomenon that sounds like a thunderclap, cannon storm earthquake volcano…

    An unexplained phenomenon that sounds like a thunderclap, cannon storm earthquake volcano or sonic boom coming from the sky, with no observable cause, heard in various countries around the world.

The neighborhood

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