Crossword clues for trembler
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trembler \Trem"bler\, n. One who trembles.
2. Any of certain West Indian birds of the genera Cinclocerthia and Rhamphocinclus, of the family Mimid[ae].
3. (Elec.) The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal-combustion engine.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who, or that which, trembles. 2 Any of various New World passerine birds of the family ''Mimidae''. 3 The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine.
WordNet
n. one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear [syn: quaker]
Wikipedia
Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 2-4 species in one genus, Cinclocerthia:
-
Grey trembler (Martinique trembler), Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) gutturalis
- Saint Lucia trembler, Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) macrorhyncha
- (Southern) brown trembler, Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) ruficauda
- Northern brown trembler, Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) tremula
Among the living birds, they are apparently most closely related to the pearly-eyed thrasher.
Their common name comes from their peculiar behavior: if excited, they will show a much more exaggerated version of the wing-flicking also seen in other mimids, for example the northern mockingbirds. The tremblers do not just flick their wings, but shake their entire bodies in a trembling motion.
Usage examples of "trembler".
Hamhanded Trembler to concoct some addle-pated scheme built on untried magic!
The fuse mechanism was only in an untried experimental state, and tests showed that the retaining spring on a trembler switch is far too weak.
The twister is dead safe normally, but this trembler switch is brought into circuit as soon as it is armed.
But at least we know now that the retaining spring on the trembler switch is not as weak as we had feared.
As I picked it up, an aftershock hitnothing like the original trembler, but strong enough to make me grab the chair for support.
As I picked it up, an aftershock hit-nothing like the original trembler, but strong enough to make me grab the chair for support.
Its nickname is the Trembler, and some countries use big posters of it for riot control -- but not Britain or America, naturally.
Harry Steen is a borderline epileptic or that the Trembler would give him a fit.
Goosecap, I have got children that are as good men as you, or any hypocritical trembler in England.
Red scopes, sound scoops, ground radar, heat sensors, tremblers, every bit of it is state of the art.
Red scopes, sound scoops, ground radar, heat sensors, tremblers, every bit of it is state of the art.
In May of the same year this was further developed by Nap and the Bonies, who, in their Knee Trembler, transferred it to the quaver between the third beat and the fourth.
Earthquakethere would be earthquakes in regions that had never known so much as a trembler, as the stresses in the earth built to beyond the breaking point.
They'd pawn something to raise the money for food and the bed, then she'd find her little girl and try to get more cash, and if that didn't work, then she'd jolly well find some drunken Welshman who wanted a quick fourpenny knee trembler and trade herself for a translation of Annie Chapman's letter.
Since heavy road traffic from the main base often set off the motion and trembler alarms, they were usually deactivated during base-wide alerts when there was a lot of vehicle traffic.