Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who, or that which, trembles.

    one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear

  2. Any of various New World passerine birds of the genus Cinclocerthia.

  3. The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine.

  4. A kind of security alarm triggered by vibrations or shock waves.

Origin

From tremble + -er.

From tremble + -er.

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Forms

plural: tremblers
Singulartrembler
Pluraltremblers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear:quaker

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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