Tremor

//ˈtɹɛmɚ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shake, quiver, or vibration.

    "She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage."

  2. 2
    an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) wordnet
  3. 3
    A shake, quiver, or vibration.; A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

    "The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand."

  4. 4
    a small earthquake wordnet
  5. 5
    An earthquake.

    "Did you feel the tremor this morning?"

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  1. 6
    shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.

    "The ground tremored under their big boots."

  2. 2
    shake with seismic vibrations wordnet

Synonyms

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earthquakeagitationaphoniaartificial voicebangbebung

Example

More examples

"I felt a small tremor, but rather than an earthquake, it was just a truck driving by."

Etymology

From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.

Related phrases

earth tremoressential tremorharmonic tremornight tremorearthquake aftershockearthquake feelearthquake vibrationsmall earthquake

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