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tremble
English
Etymology
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremul?, a derivative of Classical Latin trem?; cf. also tremulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??mbl?/
- Hyphenation: trem?ble
Verb
tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)
- (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To fear; to be afraid.
Translations
Noun
tremble (plural trembles)
- A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Translations
Related terms
- tremor
- tremulous
- tremblor
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???bl/
Noun
tremble m (plural trembles)
- aspen
Verb
tremble
- first-person singular present indicative of trembler
- third-person singular present indicative of trembler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
- second-person singular imperative of trembler
Further reading
- “tremble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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wriggle
English
Etymology
From wrig +? -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrig?n? (“to wriggle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????l/
- Rhymes: -???l
Verb
wriggle (third-person singular simple present wriggles, present participle wriggling, simple past and past participle wriggled)
- (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
- Synonym: wiggle
- Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 5
- Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
- (transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
- Synonym: wiggle
- He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
- (intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.
Derived terms
- wriggler
- wriggly
Translations
Noun
wriggle (plural wriggles)
- A wriggling movement.
Translations
Anagrams
- wiggler
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