tremor

Noun · Verb
US[trem-er]/ˈtrɛmɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: shudderearth tremormicroseismquake

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)tremors

  1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)Synonyms: shudderType of vibration, quiver
  2. a small earthquakeSynonyms: earth tremormicroseismType of earthquake, quakeKinds foreshock, aftershock
  3. shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)Type of shaking, shakinessKinds essential tremorPart of paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism

Verb (1)tremors

  1. shake with seismic vibrations“The earth was quaking”Synonyms: quakeMore general shake, agitate

Related words shiver verb, shudder verb, quake noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tre′mor noun

Origin: L., from tremere to tremble. See Tremble, verb

A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.

He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints.— William Harvey

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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