Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
electric ray . - noun One who trembles; especially, a person or an animal that trembles from fear.
- noun [capitalized] One of a religious sect of the time of Queen Elizabeth.
- noun That which trembles or vibrates; specifically, an automatic vibrator used for making and breaking the circuit of an induction-coil; an electric bell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who trembles.
- noun Any of certain West Indian birds of the genera Cinclocerthia and Rhamphocinclus, of the family
Mimidæ . - noun (Elec.) The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal-combustion engine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
trembles . - noun Any of various
New World passerine birds of thefamily Mimidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
Etymologies
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Its this shift, an preparation trembler of sorts, wh! ich stir red Karl Fisch, prior to a math clergyman as good as now a record coordinator during Arapahoe High School, usually outward Denver, to emanate a slideshow Did You Know?.
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The only quakes that rival it are the $15.3 billion earthquake in Northridge, Calif. in 1995 and last month's trembler in Christchurch, New Zealand, where costs are still being tallied.
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The earthquake yesterday was the largest east coast trembler in 67 years.
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Its this shift, an preparation trembler of sorts, wh! ich stir red Karl Fisch, prior to a math clergyman as good as now a record coordinator during Arapahoe High School, usually outward Denver, to emanate a slideshow Did You Know?.
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Its this shift, an preparation trembler of sorts, which stirred Karl Fisch, prior to a math clergyman as good as now a record coordinator during Arapahoe High School, usually outward Denver, to emanate a slideshow Did You Know?
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At a news conference, Japan's Meteorological Agency said the trembler that struck Friday was actually three large earthquakes in quick succession.
Japan Continues Rescue Operations Following Massive Quake, Tsunami
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The earthquake yesterday was the largest east coast trembler in 67 years.
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At a news conference, Japan's Meteorological Agency said the trembler that struck Friday was actually three large earthquakes in quick succession.
Japan Continues Rescue Operations Following Massive Quake, Tsunami
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Its this shift, an preparation trembler of sorts, which stirred Karl Fisch, prior to a math clergyman as good as now a record coordinator during Arapahoe High School, usually outward Denver, to emanate a slideshow Did You Know?
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The trembler shook parts of Arizona, Mexico and Southern California, with aftershocks reported across the region.
bilby commented on the word trembler
See citation on aftershock.
April 8, 2009