trembling Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a shaky motion
   quiver; quivering; vibration; palpitation; shakiness; shaking.
   
   • the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
2. verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
   tremble.
   
   • His hands were trembling when he signed the document
3. adjective satellite vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
   shivering; shaky.
   
   • a quaking bog
   • the quaking child asked for more
   • quivering leaves of a poplar tree
   • with shaking knees
   • seemed shaky on her feet
   • sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
   • trembling hands

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