a device that vibrates to make or break an electrical circuit
trembler in American English
(ˈtremblər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that trembles
2.
an oscine bird, Cinclocerthia ruficauda, of the Lesser Antilles, related to the thrashers, noted for its habit of trembling violently
3. Also: tremblor
a temblor
Word origin
[1545–55; tremble + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1545–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: articulate, inversion, rounding, spiral, sweeten-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'trembler' in a sentence
trembler
She always fled for the open air at the first sign of a trembler, and no doubt she'd done exactly that.