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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who, or that which, trembles.
2. 2
   one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear wordnet
3. 3
   Any of various New World passerine birds of the genus Cinclocerthia.
4. 4
   The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine.
5. 5
   A kind of security alarm triggered by vibrations or shock waves.

Synonyms

All synonyms

quakequakerquaker

Etymology

From tremble + -er.

Related phrases

knee-trembleryellow tremblerhammer breakinternal combustion enginenew world

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