TREMOR

tremor, shudder

(noun) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

tremor, earth tremor, microseism

(noun) a small earthquake

tremor

(noun) shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)

tremor, quake

(verb) shake with seismic vibrations; “The earth was quaking”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tremor (plural tremors)

A shake, quiver, or vibration.

A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

An earthquake.

Verb

tremor (third-person singular simple present tremors, present participle tremoring, simple past and past participle tremored)

To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.

Anagrams

• remort, termor

Source: Wiktionary


Tre"mor, n. Etym: [L., from tremere to tremble. See Tremble, v.]

Definition: 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. Harvey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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