English Explanatory Dictionary

trembler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, trembles.
  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.

Word forms

trembler tremblers

Etymology

From tremble + -er.

Derived words

knee-trembler yellow trembler
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