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trembler

a person or thing that trembles

Not to be confused with:

tremblor – a tremor; earthquake

trem·ble

(trĕm′bəl)

intr.v. trem·bled, trem·bling, trem·bles

1. To shake involuntarily, as from excitement or anger; quake. See Synonyms at shake.

2. To feel fear or anxiety: I tremble at the very thought of it.

3. To vibrate or quiver: leaves trembling in the breeze.

1. The act or state of trembling.

2. trembles A convulsive fit of shaking. Used with the.

3. trembles(used with a sing. verb)

a. Poisoning of domestic animals, especially cattle and sheep, caused by eating white snakeroot or the composite plant Isocoma pluriflora of the southwest United States and northern Mexico, and characterized by muscular tremors and weakening. Also called milk sickness.

b. Any of several other animal diseases characterized by trembling, such as louping ill.

[Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Vulgar Latin *tremulāre, from Latin tremulus, trembling; see tremulous.]

trem′bler n.

trem′bling·ly adv.

trem′bly adj.

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trembler

(ˈtrɛmblə)

(Electrical Engineering) electrical engineering a device that vibrates to make or break an electrical circuit

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

quaker

coward - a person who shows fear or timidity

tremblor

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A shaking of the earth:

earthquake, quake, seism, temblor, tremor.

Informal: shake.

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What Joseph that ever lived would have thrown away such a chance to "show off?" Who stands first--outcast Esau forgiving Jacob in prosperity, or Joseph on a king's throne forgiving the ragged tremblers whose happy rascality placed him there?

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Measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale, the trembler struck 120 kilometer west of Guwahati, forcing people to rush out of their homes.

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Fort en stiking, ses coups de poing font trembler ses adversaires.

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The trembler was felt in Irbid and registered at a depth of 10 km .

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They included a 6.5 trembler in 1979 that hit El Centro and hurt 91 people and a 7.1 magnitude quake in 1940 that killed nine people.

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Concernant le fait de jouer le match retour a Mazembe dans un stade qui fait trembler, Sendjak a repondu : [beaucoup moins que] Jouer a domicile ou ailleurs, cela ne me derange pas.

[beaucoup moins que]La coupe, j'y crois encore[beaucoup plus grand que]

The words tremor and tremble naturally come to mind in connection with earthquakes, making trembler seem like an apt synonym for earthquake.

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Some 26,000 people remain in emergency shelters a week after the 7.8 magnitude trembler, officials said.

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Scientists had been expecting a huge trembler any time, though the exact location is hard to predict.