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trembler

Pronunciation: /ˈtrɛmblə/
Definition of trembler

noun

  • 1British an automatic vibrator for making and breaking an electric circuit, typically used as a fuse for an explosive device sensitive to physical disturbance.
  • 2a songbird related to the thrashers, found in the Lesser Antilles and named from its habit of violent shaking.
    • Genera Cinclocerthia and Ramphocinclus, family Mimidae: three species
  • 3 informal an earthquake.

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Definition of trembler in the US English dictionary