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Definitions for: Tremor
[n] an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
[n] a small earthquake
[n] shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
[v] shake with seismic vibrations, as of planets; "The earth was quaking"
Webster (1913) Definition: Tre"mor, n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See
Tremble, v.]
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.
Synonyms: earth tremor, microseism, quake, shudder
See Also: aftershock, agitate, earthquake, essential tremor, foreshock, palpitation, paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, quake, quiver, quiver, quivering, quivering, seism, shake, shakiness, shaking, shaking palsy, temblor, trembling, vibration, vibration
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